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Elephas Linnaeus 1758
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Elephas Linnaeus 1758
Elephas Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 33.
Type Species: Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758
Synonyms: Elephantus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier 1795.
Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:
Species Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Elephas maximus subsp. maximus Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Elephas maximus subsp. indicus Cuvier 1798
Subspecies Elephas maximus subsp. sumatranus Temminck 1847
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Proboscidea, pp. 90-91 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 90, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Proboscidea
- Family
- Elephantidae
- Genus
- Elephas
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Elephas Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- Temminck, C. J. 1847. Coup-d'oeil general sur les possessions neerlandaises dans l'Inde archipelagique. Vol. 2. A. Arnz and Company, Leiden, 471 pp.