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Taxon: Species Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African bush elephant (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Blumenbach, 1797:125.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination
Original spelling

Attributes

Questionably Holotype lost Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010. The Anatomical Record 293 (1): table 2. [implicit]

Types

Type, by original designation, ofLoxodonta (Genus) Vigors, 1827
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Loxodonta africana africana (Blumenbach, 1797)

Variants

Former rankLoxodonta africana africana (Blumenbach, 1797) Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 26.
Different terminationLoxodonta africanus

Combinations

BasionymElephas africanus Blumenbach, 1797 Ref: N.E. Todd, 2010: 76.

Synonyms

IncludingLoxodonta africana oxyotis Matschie, 1900 Ref: J. Shoshani, 2005: 91.
IncludingLoxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameAfrikaanse olifant

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameAfrican bush elephant
African elephant Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 26.
African savannah elephant
bush elephant Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 26.
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