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Elephas is one of two surviving genera in the order of elephants, Proboscidea. Elephas recki is an extinct species of African Elephant. At up to 15 feet (4 Elephas namadicus was a species of relatively small (7 feet at the shoulders prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout Pleistocene Asia, from The Asian or Asiatic Elephant ( Elephas maximus) sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies &ndash the Indian Elephant, is one of A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. Proboscidea is an order containing only one family of living animals Elephantidae the Elephants with three living Species ( African Bush
The genus has one surviving species, the Asian elephant (E. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The Asian or Asiatic Elephant ( Elephas maximus) sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies &ndash the Indian Elephant, is one of maximus), but ten extinct species have been identified as belonging to the genus, including E. recki, E. antiquus, and the dwarf elephants E. falconeri and E. cypriotes. In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa. Elephas recki is an extinct species of African Elephant. At up to 15 feet (4 The Straight-tusked Elephant ( Elephas (Palaeoloxodon antiquus or Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of Elephant closely related to the Dwarf elephants are prehistoric members of the order Proboscidea, that through the process of Allopatric speciation, evolved to a fraction of the size of their Elephas falconeri is an extinct Siculo - Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant. The Cyprus Dwarf Elephant ( Elephas cypriotes) is an extinct species of Elephant related to the living Asian Elephant. The genus is very closely related to the mammoth genus Mammuthus. A mammoth is any Species of the Extinct Genus Mammuthus. These Proboscideans are members of the elephant family and A mammoth is any Species of the Extinct Genus Mammuthus. These Proboscideans are members of the elephant family and
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Species
Extinct species
- Elephas antiquus (Straight-tusked Elephant)
- Elephas beyeri
- Elephas celebensis
- Elephas cypriotes (Cyprus Dwarf Elephant)
- Elephas ekorensis
- Elephas falconeri (Silician Dwarf Elephant)
- Elephas iolensis
- Elephas namadicus (Asian Straight-tusked Elephant)
- Elephas planifrons
- Elephas platycephalus
- Elephas recki
Living species
- Elephas maximus (Asian Elephant)
References
- Bate, D.M.A. 1904. The Straight-tusked Elephant ( Elephas (Palaeoloxodon antiquus or Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of Elephant closely related to the The Cyprus Dwarf Elephant ( Elephas cypriotes) is an extinct species of Elephant related to the living Asian Elephant. Elephas falconeri is an extinct Siculo - Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant. Elephas namadicus was a species of relatively small (7 feet at the shoulders prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout Pleistocene Asia, from Elephas recki is an extinct species of African Elephant. At up to 15 feet (4 The Asian or Asiatic Elephant ( Elephas maximus) sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies &ndash the Indian Elephant, is one of Dorothea Minola Alice Bate FGS ( 8 November 1878 – 13 January 1951) also known as Dorothy Bate, was a British Further note on the remains of Elephas cypriotes from a cave-deposit in Cyprus, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 197:347-360. Lister,A. M. 1995.
- Shoshani, Jeheskel (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E. , and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 90. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- Todd, N. E. 2001. African Elephas recki: Time, space and taxonomy, In: Cavarretta, G. , P. Gioia, M. Mussi, and M. R. Palombo. The World of Elephants, Proceedings of the 1st International Congress, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Rome, Italy. Online pdf
- Todd, N. E. 2005. Reanalysis of African Elephas recki: Implications for time, space and taxonomy, Quaternary International 126-128:65-72.
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