Many species found in Asia especially in the sub-indian continent can be found in Africa. Africa is the contient that could successfully preserve its megafauna. Most megafauna went extinct in the other part of the world due to a global warming that affected Earth 10,000 years ago especially in Europe and North America. South America being mostly composed of rainforest doesn't have many large mammals. The largest mammals are species that include lamas and tapirs. The remaining megafauna went extinct some hundred years ago due to human contact. European bison population was severely reduced the same goes for its cousin in North America. 10,000 years ago Europe sheltered big elephants called mammoths, 'wooly) rhinoceros, lions(the last Greek lions died out 2000 years ago and the last in Europe died in the Middle Ages in Eastern Europe, lions are still present in coat of arms), deer, cows(was saved by domestication), bisons, wild horses etc.
|Hunting lions in Antic greece-actually the word "leo" for lions|
were taken from these lions living in Greece
|Tigers, present in Persia to India, found in Indonesia to Southern China|
and from China to Russia nicknamed "man eater"
Comparison of fauna in Africa and Asia
Notice, we have the big fives in both continents.