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Taxon: Genus
Loxodonta
[Vigors], 1827
- African elephant
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Taxon:
Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Afrotheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Paenungulata
....................................................................................Mirorder Tethytheria
......................................................................................Behemota
........................................................................................Order Proboscidea - elephants
..........................................................................................Suborder Elephantiformes
............................................................................................Superfamily Elephantoidea
..............................................................................................Family Elephantidae - elephants
................................................................................................Subfamily Elephantinae
..................................................................................................Tribe Elephantini - elephants
....................................................................................................Genus Elephas - Asiatic elephant
....................................................................................................Genus †Primelephas
....................................................................................................(Subtribe Elephantina)
....................................................................................................(Subtribe Loxodontina)
....................................................................................................Genus Loxodonta - African elephant
......................................................................................................Species Loxodonta africana - African bush elephant
......................................................................................................Species †Loxodonta atlantica
......................................................................................................Species †Loxodonta cookei
......................................................................................................Species †Loxodonta exoptata
......................................................................................................(Species †Loxodonta adaurora)
......................................................................................................(Species †Loxodonta africanavus)
......................................................................................................(Species Loxodonta africanus)
......................................................................................................(Species †Loxodonta antiquus)
......................................................................................................(Species Loxodonta cyclotis) - African forest elephant
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Late Miocene
-
Present
Ref:
M.G. Thomas et al., 2000
: 2498
Geologic age
:
6 Mya - 0 Mya
Ref:
M.G. Thomas et al., 2000
: 2498
Geography
Geographic region
:
Africa
Distribution
:
Endemic
Ecology/Strategies
Feeding strategy
:
Browsing
Ref:
J.A. van Essen, 2011
: 24
Feeding strategy
:
Grazing
Ref:
J.A. van Essen, 2011
: 24
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012