The Current Diversity of Large Mammals (IMAGE) Aarhus University Caption Fig 2: The current diversity of large mammals is shown. It can clearly be seen that large numbers of species virtually only occurs in Africa, and that there are generally far fewer species throughout the world than there could have been. Credit Illustration: Soren Faurby. Usage Restrictions May be used in relation to this news release. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.