Elephas
Asian Elephant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Elephantidae Genus: Elephas Linnaeus, 1758
Species
†E. antiquus †E. beyeri †E. celebensis †E. cypriotes †E. ekorensis †E. falconeri †E. iolensis E. maximus †E. planifrons †E. platycephalus †E. recki †E. namadicus

Elephas is a genus in the elephant Order, Proboscidea Asian elephant (elephas maximus) Photograph taken on 10 May 2003 by G King at Melbourne Zoo, Victoria, Australia. ... Binomial name Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 Asian Elephant range The Asian or Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of its nominate subspecies (the Indian Elephant), is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... “Animalia” redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Subclasses Subclass Allotheria* Order Docodonta (extinct) Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Subclass Prototheria Order Monotremata Subclass Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of... Groups Jozaria (extinct) Anthracobunidae (extinct) Moeritheriidae (extinct) Euproboscidea Numidotheriidae (extinct) Barytheriidae (extinct) Deinotheriidae (extinct) Elephantiformes Phiomiidae (extinct) Palaeomastodontidae (extinct) Hemimastodontidae (extinct) Euelephantoidea Choerolophodontidae (extinct) Amebelodontidae (extinct) Gnathabelodontidae (extinct) Gomphotheriidae (extinct) Elephantidae Mammutidae (extinct) Proboscidea is an order containing only one family of living animals, Elephantidae, the elephants, with three species... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Proboscidea is an order including only one extant family, Elephantidae or the elephants, with three species: the Savannah Elephant and Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus (Falconer & Cautley, 1847) The Straight-tusked Elephant (Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus or Palaeoloxodon antiquus) inhabited Middle and Late Pleistocene continental Europe. ... Binomial name Elephas falconeri Busk, 1867 Elephas falconeri is an extinct Siculo-Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant. ... Binomial name Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 Asian Elephant range The Asian or Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of its nominate subspecies (the Indian Elephant), is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas. ... Elephas recki is an enormous, extinct species of elephant. ... Binomial name Elephas (Palaeoloxodon)namadicus Elephas namadicus was a species of relatively small prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout Pleistocene Asia, from India (where it was first discovered) to Japan, where various Neolithic cultures hunted it for food. ... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea... In scientific classification used in biology, the order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). ... Groups Jozaria (extinct) Anthracobunidae (extinct) Moeritheriidae (extinct) Euproboscidea Numidotheriidae (extinct) Barytheriidae (extinct) Deinotheriidae (extinct) Elephantiformes Phiomiidae (extinct) Palaeomastodontidae (extinct) Hemimastodontidae (extinct) Euelephantoidea Choerolophodontidae (extinct) Amebelodontidae (extinct) Gnathabelodontidae (extinct) Gomphotheriidae (extinct) Elephantidae Mammutidae (extinct) Proboscidea is an order containing only one family of living animals, Elephantidae, the elephants, with three species...

The genus has one surviving species, the Asian elephant (E. maximus), but ten extinct species have been identified as belonging to the genus, including E. recki, E. antiquus, and the dwarf elephants E. falconeri and E. cypriotes. The genus is very closely related to the mammoth genus Mammuthus. In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Binomial name Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 Asian Elephant range The Asian or Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of its nominate subspecies (the Indian Elephant), is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas. ... The Dodo, shown here in illustration, is an often-cited[1] example of modern extinction. ... Elephas recki is an enormous, extinct species of elephant. ... Binomial name Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus (Falconer & Cautley, 1847) The Straight-tusked Elephant (Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus or Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of elephant closely related to the living Asian Elephant. ... Dwarf elephants are prehistoric members of the order Proboscidea, that, through the process of allopatric speciation, evolved to a fraction of the size of their modern relatives. ... Binomial name Elephas falconeri Busk, 1867 Elephas falconeri is an extinct Siculo-Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant. ... Species Mammuthus africanavus African mammoth Mammuthus columbi Columbian mammoth Mammuthus exilis Pygmy mammoth Mammuthus jeffersonii Jeffersonian mammoth Mammuthus trogontherii Steppe mammoth Mammuthus meridionalis Mammuthus subplanifrons South African mammoth Mammuthus primigenius Woolly mammoth Mammuthus lamarmorae Sardinian Dwarf Mammoth A mammoth is any of a number of an extinct genus of proboscidean... This article is about the extinct mammal. ...

Species

• Elephas antiquus (Straight-tusked Elephant)
• Elephas beyeri
• Elephas celebensis
• Elephas cypriotes
• Elephas ekorensis
• Elephas falconeri
• Elephas iolensis
• Elephas maximus (Asian Elephant)
• Elephas namadicus
• Elephas planifrons
• Elephas platycephalus
• Elephas recki

Binomial name Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus (Falconer & Cautley, 1847) The Straight-tusked Elephant (Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus or Palaeoloxodon antiquus) inhabited Middle and Late Pleistocene continental Europe. ... Binomial name Elephas falconeri Busk, 1867 Elephas falconeri is an extinct Siculo-Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant. ... Binomial name Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 Asian Elephant range The Asian or Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of its nominate subspecies (the Indian Elephant), is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas. ... Binomial name Elephas (Palaeoloxodon)namadicus Elephas namadicus was a species of relatively small prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout Pleistocene Asia, from India (where it was first discovered) to Japan, where various Neolithic cultures hunted it for food. ... Elephas recki is an enormous, extinct species of elephant. ...

References

• Bate, D.M.A. 1904. Further note on the remains of Elephas cypriotes from a cave-deposit in Cyprus. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 197:347-360. Lister,A.M. 1995.
• Shoshani, Jeheskel (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 90. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
• Todd, N. E. 2001. African Elephas recki: Time, space and taxonomy. In: Cavarretta, G., P. Gioia, M. Mussi, and M. R. Palombo. The World of Elephants, Proceedings of the 1st International Congress. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Rome, Italy. Online pdf
• Todd, N. E. 2005. Reanalysis of African Elephas recki: implications for time, space and taxonomy. Quaternary International 126-128:65-72.

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