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Loxodonta
Vigors, 1827
- African elephant
(mammal)
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Elephantini (Tribe) - elephants
..Elephas (Genus) - Asiatic elephant
..†Primelephas (Genus)
..Loxodonta (Genus) - African elephant
....Loxodonta africana (Species) - African bush elephant
....†Loxodonta atlantica (Species)
....†Loxodonta cookei (Species)
....†Loxodonta exoptata (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
[N.A. Vigors], 1827
Unavailable original name
:
Cuvier, F.G. 1825. In É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F.G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, 3 (52): 2.
Original name
:
[Vigors, N.A.], 1827. Zoology J., III (IX), Jan: 140.
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:
Types
Type of
:
Loxodontina
(Subtribe)
Osborn, 1918
Ref:
Shoshani, (J.), 1997
: 504.
[
new
] [inferred]
Type, by original designation
:
Loxodonta africana
(Blumenbach, 1797)
Synonyms
Vernacular name
:
Loxodonte
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1825
Ref:
J. Shoshani, 2005
: 91.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
African elephant
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