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Elephas maximus
Linnaeus, 1758
- Asian elephant
(mammal)
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Elephas (Subgenus)
..†Elephas armeniacus (Species)
..†Elephas hysudricus (Species)
..†Elephas hysudrindicus (Species)
..†Elephas iolensis (Species)
..Elephas maximus (Species) - Asian elephant
....Elephas maximus indicus (Subspecies)
....Elephas maximus maximus (Subspecies)
....Elephas maximus sumatranus (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 33.
Attributes
Typus non designatus (: sine typo)
Ref:
N.E. Todd, 2010.
The Anatomical Record
293
(1)
: table 2.
[implicit]
Types
Type, by monotypy, of
:
Elephas
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Elephas maximus maximus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Elephas asiaticus
J. F. Blumenbach
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Elephas gigas
G. Perry
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Aziatische olifant
:
Indische olifant
Ref:
1992
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Asian elephant
:
Indian elephant
:
Asiatic elephant
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