Palaeoloxodon recki Dietrich 1915 (elephant)

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 cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon antiquus

Subtaxa: Elephas recki recki Palaeoloxodon recki atavus Palaeoloxodon recki brumpti

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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

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