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Há 1 dia · Elephants belong to the family Elephantidae, the sole remaining family within the order Proboscidea. Their closest extant relatives are the sirenians (dugongs and manatees) and the hyraxes, with which they share the clade Paenungulata within the superorder Afrotheria. Elephants and sirenians are further grouped in the clade Tethytheria.
Há 3 dias · The Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south. Three subspecies are recognised— E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
27 de mai. de 2024 · Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous mammals, belonging to the mammal order of Proboscidea, collectively called elephants and mammoths first described by John Edward Gray in 1821.
Há 2 dias · A mastodon ( mastós 'breast' + odoús 'tooth') is a member of the genus Mammut (German for "mammoth"), which strictly defined, was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths (which belong to the family Elephantidae ).
14 de mai. de 2024 · Habitat. Wide range of habitats, but common in lowlands near shade and sources of freshwater. Common in edge regions between forests and grasslands, or use these habitats primarily. Use broadleaf and montane forests, including primary and cultivated forests.
14 de mai. de 2024 · Elephants are mammals of the family Elephantidae and the largest existing land animals. Three species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.
14 de mai. de 2024 · Taxonomy. 3 subspecies recognized by IUCN Red List, though much debated by taxonomists (Shoshani and Eisenberg 1982; Wittemyer 2011; Nowak 2018; Williams et al. 2020) Further range-wide studies of morphology and genetics may be warranted. Proposed subspecies, Elephas maximus borneensis.
