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When did the Pleistocene Epoch end?
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Cenozoic Era
Principal Cenozoic faunal migration routes and barriers.
The Pleistocene Epoch ended 11,700 years ago. This transition marks the boundary between the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epoch, which is the current epoch of the Cenozoic Era.12