Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 43264
Synonyms: Elephantus Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [objective synonym] (no. 233502), Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) Matsumoto 1924 (no. 159782), Hesperoloxodon Osborn 1931 (no. 233506), Hypselephas Osborn 1942 (no. 233508), Leithadamsia Matsumoto 1927 (no. 233505), Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) Matsumoto 1924 (no. 159804), Omoloxodon Deraniyagala 1955 (no. 233510), Palaeoloxodon Matsumoto 1924 (no. 108486), Pilgrimia Osborn 1924 (no. 233503), Platelephas Osborn 1942 (no. 233507), Sivalikia Osborn 1924 (no. 233504), Stegoloxodon Kretzoi 1950 (no. 233509)
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Elephantini according to N. Rohland et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Elephantina, Loxodontina, Mammuthus
Subtaxa: Elephas (Euelephas), Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus, Elephas beyeri, Elephas falconeri, Elephas maximus, Elephas melitensis, Elephas moghrebiensis, Elephas nawataensis, Elephas priscus, Loxodonta (Palaeoloxodon) tokunagai, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Palaeoloxodon recki, Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Palaeoloxodon xylophagou
Type: Elephas maximus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore