Palaeoloxodon namadicus Falconer 1846

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Alternative combinations: Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus, Elephas namadicus

Belongs to Palaeoloxodon according to K. Takahashi 2023

See also Cope 1889, Lydekker 1880 and Schlosser 1903

Sister taxa: Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections), India (6), Indonesia (1), Sri Lanka (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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