For millions of years, a variety of large herbivores, or megafauna, influenced terrestrial ecosystems.
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Insular dwarfs and giants more likely to go extinct
Islands are hotspots for biodiversity – they cover less than 7% of the Earth’s land area, but account for up to 20% of all terrestrial species on the planet. However, islands are also hotspots for species extinction as 50% of today’s IUCN threatened species are native to islands.