Prior to the Quaternary extinction event, proboscideans were present on every continent in the world except Australia and Antarctica; the extinct afrotherian orders of embrithopods and desmostylians were also once widely distributed.
Prior to the Quaternary extinction event, proboscideans were present on every continent in the world except Australia and Antarctica. Hyraxes were present in much of Eurasia as recently as the end of the Pliocene; the extinct afrotherian orders of embrithopods and desmostylians were also once widely distributed.