A COMMENT, AND AN ANSWER:

 

An answer to a question from "Joseph" concerning my 16 February 2019 column EXTINCT ANIMALS IN ROCK ART - THE TIAHUANACO TOXODON?

"You are confident they do not represent Toxodon, so what do they represent in your opinion?"

Well Joseph, they are badly weathered and details are very hard to recognize. This is what allowed Graham Hancock to come up with that silly identification in the first place, and makes a confident answer difficult. But, since you asked, given the short faces and the long tails, in lieu of other identifiable details I have to say that I believe that they are most likely pumas. Pumas were once present throughout North and South America and, although they have been much restricted in the recent past they are still present and protected in Bolivia.

PS: Look up a reconstruction of a Toxodon and you will find that they have very small tails and fairly long faces.