African bush elephant
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The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana)[3] is the mair muckle o the twa species o African elephant.
African bush elephant[1] | |
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A female African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana, in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Faimily: | Elephantidae |
Genus: | Loxodonta |
Species: | L. africana |
Binomial name | |
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
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Distribution of Loxodonta (2007) | |
Synonyms | |
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Baith it an the African forest elephant hae in the past been classifee'd as a single species, kent simply as the African elephant, but recent preliminar evidence haes seen the forest elephant classifee'd as a distinct species (awtho this status is no conclusively acceptit due tae concerns ower conservation strategies till the reclessification is formalisit).[2]
References
eedit- ↑ Shoshani, J. (2005). "Order Proboscidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- ↑ a b Blanc, J. (2008). "Loxodonta africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T12392A3339343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T12392A3339343.en.CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link)
- ↑ Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (1797). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte. Göttingen: Johann Christian Dieterich. p. 125 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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