Stegoloxodon celebensis is an extinct dwarf elephant from the Early Pleistocene of Sulawesi, Indonesia, estimated to have stood only about 150 centimetres tall. It was first described as Archidiskodon celebensis by Dirk Albert Hooijer in 1949 and was later referred to Elephas before the genus Stegoloxodon was revived for it and S. indonesicus in a 2008 review. Its skull was short and tall with slightly curved upper tusks, and some adults kept lower tusks, a trait seen either as ancestral or as a result of dwarfism. Isotope analysis suggests it was a flexible feeder, and it lived alongside the dwarf Stegodon sompoensis.
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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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1. Elephantidae - Wikipedia
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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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