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Elephas is a genus of elephants and one of two surviving genera in the family Elephantidae, comprising one extant species, the Asian elephant (E. maximus). [1] Several extinct species have been identified as belonging to the genus, extending back to the Pliocene or possibly the late Miocene .
Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals which includes the living elephants (belonging to the genera Elephas and Loxodonta), as well as a number of extinct genera like Mammuthus (mammoths) and Palaeoloxodon.
Cladistic analyses finding Elephas and Palaeoloxodon to not be each other's closest relatives led to the placement of Palaeoloxodon species within Elephas to be questioned by other authors. [7] [3] By the 2010s Palaeoloxodon was widely regarded as a valid genus separate from Elephas. [3]
P. cf. mnaidriensis has nearly 90% body size reduction compared to its straight-tusked elephant ancestor, with one estimate giving a shoulder height of about 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) and a mean body weight of about 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb). [1] Another estimate gives a shoulder height of 2 m (6.6 ft) and a weight of 1,700 kg (3,700 lb). [7]
Primelephas is a genus of Elephantinae [1] that existed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs. The name of the genus suggests 'first elephant'. These primitive elephantids are thought to be the common ancestor of Mammuthus, the mammoths, and the closely allied genera Elephas and Loxodonta, the Asian and African elephants, diverging some 4-6 million years ago. [2]
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The straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of elephant that inhabited Europe and Western Asia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene.One of the largest known elephant species, mature fully grown bulls on average had a shoulder height of 4 metres (13 ft) and a weight of 13 tonnes (29,000 lb).
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.