Elephas
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Elephas Temporal range: Pliocene to present
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Asian elephant | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Tribe: | Elephantini |
| Genus: | Elephas Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Elephas maximus | |
| Species | |
|
For others, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Hypselephas | |
Elephas is one of two living genera in the family of elephants, Elephantidae. The Asian elephant is the only living species of this genus.[1] Some of the extinct species are Elephas beyeri, Elephas ekorensis, Elephas hysudricus, Elephas hysudrindicus, and Elephas planifrons.
Elephas Media
Skull of Elephas maximus
Skeleton of an adult male Asian elephant
Elephas africanus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - (white background)
Palaeoloxodon namadicus-bpk (cropped)
Indian elephant white background
Mammuthus trogontherii122DB
.jpg)
.jpg)
