Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 (elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Alternative combination: Elephas insignis

Synonym: Stegodon orientalis Owen 1870

Belongs to Stegodon according to M. Schlosser 1903

See also Cope 1889 and Lydekker 1880

Sister taxa: Stegodon bombifrons, Stegodon florensis, Stegodon ganesa, Stegodon kaisensis, Stegodon luzonensis, Stegodon mindanensis, Stegodon sompoensis, Stegodon sondaari, Stegodon sumbaensis, Stegodon syrticus, Stegodon trigonocephalus, Stegodon yuanmouensis

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (10 collections), India (5), Laos (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1), Myanmar (2), Nepal (1)

• Pliocene of India (4)

• Neogene of Myanmar (1), Taiwan (3)

Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences

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