Loxodonta cyclotis

Loxodonta cyclotis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Euelephantoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea Cladus: Euelephantoidea

Familia: Elephantidae
Genus: Loxodonta
Species: Loxodonta cyclotis

Name

• Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900)
  • Type locality: Yaunde, S Cameroon

Primary references

• Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 194.

Selected references

• Johnson, M.B. et al. 2007: Complex phylogeographic history of central African forest elephants and its implications for taxonomy. BMC evolutionary biology, 2007 7: 244. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-244
• Living African elephants belong to two species: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) and Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900).
• Do Loxodonta cyclotis and L. africana interbreed?
• What are the elephants of West Africa?
• Movement Patterns and Spatial Relationships Among African Forest Elephants.
• Remote video-camera traps measure habitat use and competitive exclusion among sympatric chimpanzee, gorilla and elephant in Loango National Park, Gabon.
• Doom of the elephant-dependent trees in a Congo tropical forest.
• Estimating forest elephant age.
• Effective sociodemographic population assessment of elusive species in ecology and conservation management.

Links

• Loxodonta cyclotis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

беларуская: Лясны афрыканскі слон
English: African Forest Elephant
español: Elefante africano de bosque
magyar: Erdei elefánt
日本語: マルミミゾウ
polski: Słoń leśny
svenska: Afrikansk skogselefant
ไทย: ช้างป่าแอฟริกา
українська: Лісовий слон

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