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The Syrian or Western Asiatic elephant (sometimes given the subspecies designation Elephas maximus asurus) was the westernmost population of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), which went extinct in ancient times, with early human civilizations in the area utilizing the animals for their ivory, and possibly for warfare. [2]
Head of a male without tusks. The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is native to Sri Lanka and one of three recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant.It is the type subspecies of the Asian elephant and was first described by Carl Linnaeus under the binomial Elephas maximus in 1758. [1]
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.
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 .
The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three extant recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant. [3] Carl Linnaeus proposed the scientific name Elephas maximus in 1758 for an elephant from Ceylon. [4] Elephas indicus was proposed by Georges Cuvier in 1798, who described an elephant from India. [5]
Order Callionymiformes. Callionymus lyra, common dragonet (2020 [68]) Order Carangiformes. Caranx ignobilis, Giant trevally (2022 [69]) Caranx melampygus, Bluefin trevally (2021 [70]) Pseudocaranx georgianus, New Zealand trevally (2021 [71]) Order Centrarchiformes. Oplegnathus fasciatus, barred knifejaw (2019 [72]) Order Characiformes
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Articles related to the Elephas, one of two surviving genera in the family of elephants, Elephantidae, with one surviving species, the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus. Several extinct species have been identified as belonging to the genus, extending back to the Pliocene or possibly the late Miocene.