Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Alternative combination: Elephas recki
Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to M. P. Ferretti 2008
See also Geraads et al. 2004, Maglio 1973 and Sanders 2007
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas beyeri, Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis
Subtaxa: Elephas recki recki Palaeoloxodon recki atavus Palaeoloxodon recki brumpti
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (5 collections), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (118), Kenya (48), Namibia (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (24)
• Pliocene to Holocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (4), Djibouti (1), Ethiopia (6), Kenya (2), Malawi (3), South Africa (1), Uganda (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (22), Kenya (5), Malawi (1)
Total: 250 collections including 260 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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