I'm originally from the USA and some ice age animals that most people knew about were mammoths, saber tooths, ground sloths and dire wolves. Now, all of these animals lived in the US during the last ice age so I kind of assumed that on a given continent, the most famous ice age animals would be the ones that used to live on that continent. However, when I moved to Australia, I was surprised by how few people knew about the creatures that lived here up until ~40,000 years ago. Because there were some pretty amazing creatures like the giant wombat diprotodon, the short-faced kangaroo, the marsupial lion and the giant ripper lizard. Instead, more people are familiar with mammoths and saber tooths down under. So are the most famous ice age animals where you reside also the ones that lived in your corner of the world?
