Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Full reference: G. H. R. von Koenigswald. 1956. Fossil mammals from the Philippines. Proceedings of the Pacific Science Congress 339-361
Belongs to Elephas according to G. H. R. von Koenigswald 1956
Sister taxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Loxodon), Elephas clifti, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas planifrons, Elephas priscus, Mastodon elephantoides, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Anda, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Philippines
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Anda
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