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What

African Elephant Loxodonta africana

Observer

olie

Date

May 1, 2011
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What

African Elephant Loxodonta africana

Observer

marcellc

Date

Jul 22, 2011 08:43 AM IST
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Photos

What

African Elephant Loxodonta africana

Observer

marcellc

Date

Aug 12, 2010 10:56 AM IST

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Description from Wikipedia

Proboscidea is an order containing one living family, Elephantidae, and several recently extinct families, Gomphotheriidae (a subfamily of Elephantoidea), possibly Stegodontidae (depending on the assignment of Stegodon) and Mammutidae. Elephantidae contains three living species (the African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, and Asian Elephant) and the now extinct mammoth species of genus Mammuthus from Eurasia and North America. Other recently extinct species that were present at the end of the last ice age include several gomphotheres...

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