List of elephant species
The list of elephant species includes all known extant and extinct (†) elephant species from the Elephantidae family.
- Subfamilia Elephantinae
- Tribe Elephantini (elephants)
- Genus †Primelephas
- Species †Primelephas gomphotheroides
- Species †Primelephas korotorensis
- Subtribe Loxodontina
- Genus Loxodonta
- Species Loxodonta africana
- Subspecies Loxodonta africana africana (African bush elephant)
- Subspecies †Loxodonta africana pharaonensis (North African elephant)
- Species Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephant)
- Species Loxodonta africana
- Genus Loxodonta
- Subtribe Elephantina
- Genus Elephas (Eurasian elephants)
- Species Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)
- Subspecies Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephant)
- Subspecies Elephas maximus maximus (Sri Lankan elephant)
- Subspecies Elephas maximus sumatranus (Sumatran elephant)
- Subspecies Elephas maximus borneensis (Borneo elephant or Asian pygmy elephant)
- Subspecies ? Vietnam elephant and Laos elephant[note 1]
- Subspecies ? †Elephas maximus rubridens (Chinese elephant)[note 2]
- Subspecies †Elephas maximus asurus (Syrian elephant)
- Species †Elephas beyeri
- Species †Elephas celebensis
- Species †Elephas hysudricus (jr synonym = Hypselephas hysudricus)
- Species †Elephas iolensis
- Species †Elephas planifrons (jr synonym = Mammuthus planifrons)
- Species †Elephas platycephalus
- Species †Elephas recki
- Subgenus †Palaeoloxodon
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) creticus
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) creutzburgi
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) chaniensis
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cypriotes
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) ekorensis
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) falconeri
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) mnaidriensis
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) melitensis
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) namadicus
- Species †Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) naumanni
- Species Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)
- Genus †Mammuthus (Mammoths)
- Species †Mammuthus africanavus (African mammoth) †
- Species †Mammuthus columbi (Columbian mammoth) (jr synonym = Mammuthus jeffersonii)[1]
- Species †Mammuthus exilis (Pygmy mammoth)
- Species †Mammuthus imperator (American mammoth)
- Species †Mammuthus lamarmorae (Sardinian Dwarf mammoth)
- Species †Mammuthus meridionalis (Southern mammoth)
- Species †Mammuthus primigenius (Woolly mammoth)
- Species †Mammuthus subplanifrons (South African mammoth)
- Species †Mammuthus armeniacus (jr synonym = Mammuthus trogontherii, Mammuthus sungari)[2])
- Genus Stegotetrabelodon †
- Genus Stegodibelodon †
- Genus Elephas (Eurasian elephants)
- Genus †Primelephas
- Tribe Elephantini (elephants)
References
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database Mammuthus columbi entry accessed on 2009-08-16
- ↑ GuangBiao Wei; SongMei Hu; KeFu Yu; YaMei Hou; Xin Li; ChangZhu Jin; Yuan Wang; JianXin Zhao; WenHua Wang (2010). "New materials of the steppe mammoth, Mammuthus trogontherii, with discussion on the origin and evolutionary patterns of mammoths". Science China Earth Sciences. 53 (7): 956–963. doi:10.1007/s11430-010-4001-4.
Notes
- ↑ The elephant population in Vietnam and Laos is undergoing tests to determine if it is a fifth living subspecies.
- ↑ May be classified within the Palaeoloxodon genus.
Further reading
- Wikisource: "The Blindmen and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe
- Shoshani, J. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- External link to national geographics elephant rage episode of Explorer
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26 (2003) 421–434
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