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GENUS Loxodonta

Author:Anonymous, 1827.
Citation:Zoology J., 3: 140.
Type Species:Elephas africanus Blumenbach, 1797.
Comments:The spelling in the original publication was "Loxodonte" [F. Cuvier, 1825, in E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, 3(52):2]. "Loxodonte" was latinized in 1827 (author unknown) to read Loxodonta, and has been accepted in his form. Following Article 11 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999), the format of "Loxodonta Anonymous, 1827" is accepted. See Laursen and Bekoff (1978, Mammalian Species, 92) and Deraniyagala (1955).
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Offspring:

SPECIES africana

SPECIES cyclotis

Synonyms:

    Loxodon Falconer, 1857

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