 Flores was also the habitat of several extinct dwarf forms of the proboscidean "Stegodon", the most recent ("Stegodon florensis insularis") disappearing approximately 12,000 years ago.The presence of "Trigonoceps" vultures indicates that the island bore mammalian carnivores at some point.There are many languages spoken on the island of Flores, all of them belonging to the Austronesian family.