Stegoloxodon indonesicus is an extinct dwarf elephant from the Early Pleistocene of Java, Indonesia. It was described by Miklos Kretzoi from a molar found near Bumiayu that had first been attributed to Elephas planifrons, and Kretzoi coined the genus Stegoloxodon for it. Like its relative S. celebensis it was much smaller than mainland elephants because of insular dwarfism, kept permanent premolars and had low crowned molars with thick enamel. Isotope analysis suggests it was a dedicated browser on C3 vegetation in forested habitats, and it shared Java with the gomphothere Sinomastodon bumiajuensis and an unnamed dwarf Stegodon.
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known from the Early Pleistocene of Indonesia
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It contains two species, S. indonesicus from Java, and S. celebensis from Sulawesi
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large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk
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large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals
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is an extinct genus of dwarf elephant
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It contains two species, S. indonesicus from Java, and S. celebensis from Sulawesi
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known from the Early Pleistocene of Indonesia
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It contains two species, S. indonesicus from Java, and S. celebensis from Sulawesi
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is an extinct genus of dwarf elephant
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