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Loxodonta africana (African bush elephant)
Taxonomy
Elephas africanus was named by Blumenbach (1797). It is extant.
It was recombined as Loxodonta africana by Allen (1936), Maglio (1973), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Rogaev et al. (2006) and Rohland et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Loxodonta africana by Allen (1936), Maglio (1973), Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Rogaev et al. (2006) and Rohland et al. (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1797 | Elephas africanus Blumenbach |
| 1798 | Elephas capensis Cuvier p. 142 |
| 1936 | Loxodonta africana Allen p. 40 |
| 1973 | Loxodonta africana Maglio |
| 2005 | Loxodonta africana Shoshani and Tassy p. 7 |
| 2006 | Loxodonta africana Rogaev et al. |
| 2010 | Loxodonta africana Rohland et al. p. 1 |
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Loxodonta africana Blumenbach 1797 [African bush elephant]
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Elephas capensis oxyotis Matschie 1900
Invalid names: Elephas capensis Cuvier 1798 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available