Loxodonta africana

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Loxodonta africana

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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: Loxodonta
Species: Loxodonta africana

[edit] Name

Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)

Type locality: Orange River, South Africa (Pohle, 1926)

[edit] Synonyms

• Elephas africanus Blumenbach, 1797

[edit] References

• Loxodonta africana 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).
• Handb. Naturgesch., 5th ed., p. 125.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

[edit] Vernacular names