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Il y a 1 jour · Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ), the African forest elephant ( L. cyclotis ), and the Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ). They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include mammoths and mastodons.
Il y a 15 heures · Asian elephant. The Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.
Il y a 4 jours · mammoth, (genus Mammuthus ), any member of an extinct group of elephants found as fossils in Pleistocene deposits over every continent except Australia and South America and in early Holocene deposits of North America. (The Pleistocene Epoch began 2.6 million years ago and ended 11,700 years ago. The Holocene Epoch began 11,700 years ago and ...
7 mai 2024 · Family Elephantidae. Estimate of family origin; Originated by 16 million years ago (Mya), during the middle Miocene (Rohland et al. 2010) Modern Asian and African elephants likely originated in East Africa; Living elephant diversity; Asian elephants (Elephas) A new discovery of fossil remains places Asian elephants in Africa (Kenya ...
14 mai 2024 · Family: Elephantidae Gray, 1821 — elephants. Genus: Elephas Linnaeus, 1758. Species: Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 — Asian elephant, Indian elephant. Subspecies: Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus, 1758 — Sri Lanka Subspecies: Elephas maximus indicus Cuvier, 1798 — mainland Asia
7 mai 2024 · Family: Elephantidae. Genus: Loxodonta. Species: Loxodonta africana - African savanna or African bush elephant Species: Loxodonta cyclotis - African forest elephant. Body Weight: Savanna elephant: 2400-6300 kg (5291-13,889 lb)** Forest elephant: 2,700-6,000 kg (5952-13,228 lb)** Shoulder Height: Savanna elephant: 2.2m-4 m (10-13 ft)
Il y a 4 jours · Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths (which belong to the family Elephantidae). Mammut is the type genus of the extinct family Mammutidae, which diverged from the ancestors of modern elephants at least 27-25 million years ago, during the Oligocene.
