Name - Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1621024 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
Reported Taxonomic Ranks
Species
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Chordata (Phylum) Vertebrata (Subphylum) Mammalia (Class) Proboscidea (Order) Elephantidae (Family) |
References
Recent Publications
- Living African elephants belong to two species: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) and Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900).
- Do Loxodonta cyclotis and L. africana interbreed?
- What are the elephants of West Africa?
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