Loxodonta

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Loxodonta adaurora (extinct)

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Loxodonta africana

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Loxodonta cyclotis

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Loxodonta is a genus in Elephantidae, the family of elephants. It was named by Georges Cuvier in 1825.

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Fossils from Loxodonta have only been found in Africa, where they developed in the middle Pliocene.

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• Loxodonta adaurora, extinct, developed into to the modern African elephant.
• Savannah Elephant (Loxodonta africana).
• Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis).

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Elephantidae: Elephantidae is a taxonomic family, collectively elephants and mammoths. These are terrestrial large mammals with a trunk and tusks. Most genera and species in the family are extinct. Only two genera, Loxodonta (African elephants) and Elephas (Asiatic elephants), are living....

Georges Cuvier: Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier (August 23 1769 - May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist and zoologist. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier (1773?1838), also a naturalist....

Loxodonta related Images and Photos (experimental)

Loxodonta Africana Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania	Loxodonta Africana Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania	Mother and Calf African Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) Addo National Park South Africa Africa	Herd of African Elephants Drinking Water Etosha National Park Namibia (Loxodonta Africana)
Group of African Elephants in the Forest Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya (Loxodonta Africana)