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subgenus

Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto, 1924 †

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Proboscidea - elephants »  family Elephantidae - elephants »  genus Elephas - Asian Elephants

Included taxa

Number of records: 12

species Elephas antiquus (Falconer & Cautley, 1847) - Straight-tusked Elephant †

Elephas antiquus

species Elephas chaniensis (Symeonides et al., 2001) †
species Elephas creticus (Bate, 1907) †
species Elephas creutzburgi (Kyuss, 1965) †
species Elephas cypriotes Bate, 1903 - Cyprus Dwarf Elephant †
species Elephas ekorensis Maglio, 1970 †
species Elephas falconeri Busk, 1867 - Sicilian Pygmy Elephant †
Quaternary: Upper Pleistocene – Holocene

Elephas falconeri

species Elephas melitensis Falconer, 1868 †
species Elephas mnaidriensis (Adams, 1874) †
species Elephas namadicus Falconer & Cautley, 1846 †
species Elephas naumanni Makiyama, 1924 †
species Elephas recki Dietrich, 1894 †
Tertiary: Neogene – Quaternary: Chibanian

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1205519]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto, 1924]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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† extinct taxon



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