''Garganoaetus'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of buteonin accipitrid bird of prey from the early Pliocene in Italy. ''G. freudenthali'' was comparable in size to a golden eagle; ''G. murivorus'' was hawk sized. Species of ''Garganoaetus'' would have lived alongside other Gargano island animals, such as large dormice '' Stertomys'' and '' Hattomys'' hamsters, the giant, long-skulled ''

Deinogalerix ''Deinogalerix'' (from Ancient Greek, "terrible/terror" + ''Galerix'') is an extinct genus of gymnure which lived in Italy in the Late Miocene, 7-10 million years ago. The genus was apparently endemic to what was then the island of Gargano, whic ...

moonrat The moonrat (''Echinosorex gymnura'') is a southeast Asian species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures). It is the only species in the genus ''Echinosorex''. The moonrat is a fairly small, primarily carnivorous animal whi ...

s, an otter, '' Prolagus'' pikas, and the multi-horned artiodactyl ''

Hoplitomeryx ''Hoplitomeryx'' is a genus of extinct deer-like ruminants which lived on the former Gargano Island during the Miocene and the Early Pliocene, now a peninsula on the east coast of South Italy. ''Hoplitomeryx'', also known as "prongdeer", had fi ...

''.

References

Accipitridae Extinct birds of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1973 Pliocene birds Prehistoric bird genera {{Paleo-bird-stub