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Loxodonta (African elephant)
Taxonomy
Loxodonta was named by Cuvier (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Loxodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantinae by Maglio (1970), Maglio (1973), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Rogaev et al. (2006), Sanders (2007); to Elephantidae by Carroll (1988), Kalb and Frohelich (1995), Barriel et al. (1999), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Christiansen (2007); and to Loxodontini by Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Rohland et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Loxodontina by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Elephantinae by Maglio (1970), Maglio (1973), Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Rogaev et al. (2006), Sanders (2007); to Elephantidae by Carroll (1988), Kalb and Frohelich (1995), Barriel et al. (1999), Wilson and Reeder (2005), Christiansen (2007); and to Loxodontini by Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Rohland et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Loxodonta Cuvier p. 2 |
| 1970 | Loxodonta Maglio p. 12 |
| 1973 | Loxodonta Maglio |
| 1988 | Loxodonta Carroll |
| 1995 | Loxodonta Kalb and Frohelich p. 732 figs. Figure 2 |
| 1996 | Loxodonta Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Loxodonta McKenna and Bell p. 504 |
| 1999 | Loxodonta Barriel et al. |
| 2005 | Loxodonta Shoshani and Tassy p. 10 figs. Table 2 |
| 2005 | Loxodonta Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Loxodonta Rogaev et al. |
| 2007 | Loxodonta Christiansen p. 428 |
| 2007 | Loxodonta Sanders p. 7 |
| 2010 | Loxodonta Rohland et al. p. 6 |
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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.
G. Loxodonta Cuvier 1825 [African elephant]
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Elephas africanus toxotis Lydekker 1907
†Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 [African bush elephant]
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Elephas africanus cavendishi Lydekker 1907
Elephas africanus orleansi Lydekker 1907
Elephas africanus peeli Lydekker 1907
Elephas africanus rothschildi Lydekker 1907
Elephas africanus selousi Lydekker 1907
Invalid names: Elephas africanus knochenhaueri Matschie 1900 [synonym], Elephas africanus oxyotis Matschie 1900 [synonym], Elephas capensis Cuvier 1798 [synonym]
†Loxodonta atlantica Pomel 1879
†Loxodonta atlantica zulu Scott 1907
†Loxodonta cookei Sanders 2007
Loxodonta cyclotis Matschie 1900 [African forest elephant]
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Invalid names: Elephas africanus albertensis Lydekker 1907 [synonym], Elephas africanus fransseni Schouteden 1914 [synonym], Elephas africanus pumilio Noack 1906 [synonym]
†Loxodonta exoptata Dietrich 1941
Invalid names: Elephas africanus cottoni Lydekker 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available