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Taxon: Genus Elephas Linnaeus, 1758 - Asiatic elephant (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank:  Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 33.

Types

Type of: Elephantidae (Family) Gray, 1821
Type of: Elephantiformes (Suborder) (Tassy, 1988)
Type of: Elephantina (Subtribe) Gray, 1821 Ref: Shoshani, (J.), 1997: 504. [new] [inferred]
Type of: Elephantinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.P. Ferretti, 2003: fig. 11B. [implicit]
Type of: Elephantini (Tribe) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504. [new] [inferred]
Type of: Elephantoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Elephas (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable name: Elephas (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Junior synonym: Elephantus (Genus) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier, 1795 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Synonymous name: †Leithadamsia (Genus) Matsumoto, 1928 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: †Euelephas (Genus) Falconer, 1857 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Euelephas (Subgenus) Falconer, 1857 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Hesperoloxodon (Genus) Osborn, 1931 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Hypselephas (Genus) Osborn, 1936 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Leith-Adamsia (Genus) Matsumoto, 1928 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Omoloxodon (Genus) Deraniyagala, 1955 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Palaeoloxodon (Genus) Matsumoto, 1924 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Palaeoloxodon (Subgenus) Matsumoto, 1924 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Phanagoroloxodon (Genus) Garutt, 1957 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Pilgrimia (Genus) Osborn, 1924 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Platelephas (Genus) Osborn, 1936 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Protelephas (Genus) Garutt, 1957 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Sivalikia (Genus) Osborn, 1924 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Stegoloxodon (Genus) Kretzoi, 1950 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Including: †Wanoloxodon (Genus) Liu & Zhen, 1981 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Asiatic elephant
: Indian elephant
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