Fossils of Malta

extinct species of elephants (Elephantidae)

species of mammal (fossil)

extinct species of elephantid (Sicily, Malta)

Leithia is an extinct genus of giant dormice from the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Sicily. It is considered an example of island gigantism. Leithia melitensis is the largest known species of dormouse, living or extinct, being twice the size of any other known species.