Cygnus falconeri
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Cygnus falconeri is an extinct species of very large swan known from Middle Pleistocene-aged deposits from Malta and Sicily. Its dimensions are described as exceeding those of the living mute swan by one-third,[1] which would give a bill-to-tail length of about Template:Cvt (based on 145–160 cm for C. olor[2]). By comparison to the bones of living swans, it can be estimated that it weighed around Template:Cvt and had a wingspan of about Template:Cvt.[3][4][5] Due to its size, it may have been flightless.[6] Its remains on Malta are associated with dwarf elephants (the smaller Palaeoloxodon falconeri and the larger Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis), giant dormice (Leithia, including the largest dormouse ever, the rabbit-sized L. melitensis and the smaller L. cartei and Maltamys gollcheri), the giant tortoise Solitudo robusta and other birds, including raptors and members of the crane genus Grus.[7] Some remains of the species are displayed Għar Dalam museum in Birżebbuġa, Malta.
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- ↑ C. Savona-Ventura, A. Mifsud "A review of the Pleistocene deposits in the southwestern coast of Malta" Xjenza, 4 (2) (1999), pp. 10-17
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