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Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephant)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae

Taxonomy
Elephas capensis cyclotis was named by Matschie (1900) [also referred to as Elephas cyclotis in the same paper (see Allen 1936)]. It is extant. Its type locality is Yaunde region, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Cameroon.

It was recombined as Elephas africanus cyclotis by Lydekker (1907); it was recombined as Loxodonta africana cyclotis by Allen and Coolidge (1930); it was recombined as Loxodonta cyclotis by Frade (1931), Allen (1936), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Rohland et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Elephas capensis cyclotis Matschie
1906Elephas africanus pumilio Noack
1907Elephas africanus albertensis Lydekker
1907Elephas africanus cyclotis Lydekker p. 390
1907Elephas africanus albertensis Lydekker p. 1089
1908Elephas africanus cottoni Lydekker
1914Elephas africanus fransseni Schouteden
1930Loxodonta africana cyclotis Allen and Coolidge p. 616
1931Loxodonta cyclotis Frade p. 135
1936Loxodonta cyclotis Allen p. 41
2005Loxodonta cyclotis Shoshani and Tassy p. 7
2005Loxodonta cyclotis Wilson and Reeder
2010Loxodonta cyclotis Rohland et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderElephantiformesTassy 1988
superfamilyElephantoidea
familyElephantidae
subfamilyElephantinaeGray 1821
tribeLoxodontiniOsborn 1918
genusLoxodontaCuvier 1825
speciescyclotis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Loxodonta cyclotis Matschie 1900 [African forest elephant]
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Invalid names: Elephas africanus albertensis Lydekker 1907 [synonym], Elephas africanus cottoni Lydekker 1908 [synonym], Elephas africanus fransseni Schouteden 1914 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available