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Loxodontini
Taxonomy
Loxodontini was named by Osborn (1918). It is extant.
It was assigned to Elephantinae by Shoshani and Tassy (2005) and Rohland et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Elephantinae by Shoshani and Tassy (2005) and Rohland et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1918 | Loxodontini Osborn |
| 2005 | Loxodontini Shoshani and Tassy p. 10 |
| 2010 | Loxodontini 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.
Tr. Loxodontini Osborn 1918
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G. Loxodonta Cuvier 1825 [African elephant]
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†Loxodonta adaurora Maglio 1970
Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 [African bush elephant]
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Elephas capensis knochenhaueri Matschie 1900
Invalid names: Elephas capensis Cuvier 1798 [synonym]
†Loxodonta atlantica Pomel 1879
†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