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Taxon: Species Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 - Asian elephant (mammal)
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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 Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010. The Anatomical Record 293 (1): table 2. [implicit]

Types

Type, by monotypy, ofElephas (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Elephas maximus maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous nameElephas asiaticus J. F. Blumenbach Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameElephas gigas G. Perry Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameAziatische olifant
Indische olifant Ref: 1992

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameAsian elephant
Indian elephant
Asiatic elephant
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