Elephas maximus

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Elephas maximus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Proboscidea
Familia: Elephantidae
Genus: Elephas
Species: Elephas maximus
Subspecies: E. m. indicus - E. m. maximus - E. m. sumatranus - E. m. asurus

[edit] Name

Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: "Zeylonae" (Sri Lanka)

[edit] References

• Elephas maximus on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1: 33.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

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