lˈaɪk ˈʌðɚɹ ˈɪnsəlɚ plˈɛstoʊsˌiːn mˈɛɡəfˌɔːnə, ɪt wʌz pɹɪzˈuːməbli hˈʌntᵻd tʊ ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən baɪ ðə fˈɜːst hjˈuːmən sˈɛtlɚz ʌvðɪ ˈaɪləndz.
Like other insular Pleistocene megafauna, it was presumably hunted to extinction by the first human settlers of the islands.