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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. They are large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks.
African elephants were traditionally considered a single species, Loxodonta africana, but molecular studies have affirmed their status as separate species. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Mammoths ( Mammuthus ) are nested within living elephants as they are more closely related to Asian elephants than to African elephants. [ 12 ]
The largest known species like Mammuthus meridionalis and Mammuthus trogontherii (the steppe mammoth) were considerably larger than modern elephants, with mature adult males having an average height of approximately 3.8–4.2 m (12.5–13.8 ft) at the shoulder and weights of 9.6–12.7 tonnes (21,000–28,000 lb), while exceptionally large ...
A herd of elephants can destroy farms, feeding on crops and uprooting trees to scrape bark. According to the IUCN, there are 400 human deaths and about 100 elephant deaths in India annually due to ...
African forest elephants are hunted by various hunter-gatherer groups in the Congo basin, including by Mbuti pygmies, among others. It is unknown how long the active hunting of elephants in the region has been practised, and it may have only begun as a response for the demand for ivory beginning in the 19th century or earlier. [55]
Articles relating to the Elephantidae, a family of large, herbivorous mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths. These are terrestrial large mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most genera and species in the family are extinct.
This week, meet orphan elephants that could lead to hybrid mammoths, discover a planet with a possible sibling, encounter an ancient type of mortal combat, and more.
The effort to regrow a woolly mammoth from the edited genes of an Asian elephant took a petri dish-sized move toward reality. De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences announced they can now ...