Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Synonyms: Elephantus Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [objective synonym], Hesperoloxodon Osborn 1931, Hypselephas Osborn 1942, Leithadamsia Matsumoto 1927, Omoloxodon Deraniyagala 1955, Pilgrimia Osborn 1924, Platelephas Osborn 1942, Sivalikia Osborn 1924, Stegoloxodon Kretzoi 1950
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Elephantini according to N. Rohland et al. 2010
See also Barriel et al. 1999, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Carroll 1988, Christiansen 2007, Cope 1889, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Illiger 1811, Kalb and Frohelich 1995, Kerr 1792, Leidy 1860, Leidy 1873, Linnaeus 1758, Lydekker 1880, Maglio 1970, Maglio 1973, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nordmann 1860, Owen 1848, Owen 1844, Rogaev et al. 2006, Shoshani and Eisenberg 1982, Shoshani and Tassy 1996, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Elephantina, Loxodontina, Mammuthus
Subtaxa: Elephas (Euelephas) Elephas (Loxodon) Elephas beyeri Elephas clifti Elephas ekorensis Elephas falconeri Elephas hysudricus Elephas hysudrindicus Elephas maximus Elephas melitensis Elephas moghrebiensis Elephas nawataensis Elephas planifrons Elephas priscus Mastodon elephantoides
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), China (5), Ethiopia (1), Germany (1), India (11), Indonesia (4), Israel (2), Italy (7), Kenya (7), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Malta (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), the Philippines (1), South Africa (2), Spain (2), Sri Lanka (1), Taiwan (1), Thailand (2), United States (12: New York, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), India (1), Kenya (1), Malawi (1), Myanmar (2), Nepal (1)
• Pliocene of China (1), Ethiopia (8), India (4), Italy (1), Kenya (6), Morocco (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Tanzania (1), Ukraine (1)
• Baodean of China (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)
• Neogene of Myanmar (1), Taiwan (4)
• Miocene of Thailand (1)
Total: 108 collections including 124 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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