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Dwarf elephant, an Uncommon card
Dwarf elephants are prehistoric members of the order Proboscidea which, through the process of allopatric speciation on islands, evolved much smaller body sizes in comparison with their immediate ancestors.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 61,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Dwarf elephants are an example of insular dwarfism, the phenomenon whereby large terrestrial vertebrates that colonize islands evolve dwarf forms, a phenomenon attributed to adaptation to resource-poor environments and lack of predation and competition.
- Fossil remains of dwarf elephants have been found on the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus, Malta, Crete, Sicily, Sardinia, the Cyclades Islands and the Dodecanese Islands, which are mostly members of the genus Palaeoloxodon, descending from the large 4 metres tall straight-tusked elephant of mainland Europe, though two species represent dwarf mammoths.
- Dwarf species of elephants and Stegodon have been found on the islands of Indonesia and the Philippines, with dwarfed species of Stegodon also having been found in Japan.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dwarf elephant article was read about 61,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Dwarf elephant
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dwarf elephant (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.