Palaeoloxodon is an extinct genus of elephants that originated in Africa during the Early Pleistocene and expanded into Eurasia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene. It includes the largest known elephants: mature bulls of the African Palaeoloxodon recki, the European straight-tusked elephant and the South Asian Palaeoloxodon namadicus stood more than four metres tall at the shoulder and weighed over 13 tonnes, among the largest land mammals that ever lived. The genus also contains many dwarf species from Mediterranean islands, including Palaeoloxodon falconeri, which was less than one metre tall as a fully grown adult and is the smallest elephant known. Its taxonomic history is long and complicated, since its species were once placed in Elephas or Loxodonta, but today it is usually treated as a valid genus in its own right. Genetic studies show that it is closely related to the African elephants, with the straight-tusked elephant closest to the African forest elephant.
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Source Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon cypriotes (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon falconeri (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon jolensis (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon namadicus (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon naumanni (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon recki (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon tiliensis (Wikipedia)
Source Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus (Wikipedia)
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Source Straight-tusked elephant (Wikipedia)
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It originated in Africa during the Early Pleistocene, and expanded into Eurasia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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It originated in Africa during the Early Pleistocene, and expanded into Eurasia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Palaeoloxodon (Wikipedia)Lead, distributionQuote, Lead, distribution
It originated in Africa during the Early Pleistocene, and expanded into Eurasia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene.
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1. Palaeoloxodon (Wikipedia)
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Palaeoloxodon is an extinct genus of elephant.
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It originated in Africa during the Early Pleistocene
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It originated in Africa during the Early Pleistocene, and expanded into Eurasia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene.
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon xylophagou, Species list
P. xylophagou (Cyprus)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi, Species list
P. lomolinoi (Naxos)
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Palaeoloxodon (14+ species)
Child Taxon Of: Elephantidae, Lead
as well as a number of extinct genera like Mammuthus (mammoths) and Palaeoloxodon
View the SourceStraight-tusked elephant (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Straight-tusked elephant, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Straight-tusked elephant, Lead
The species is part of the genus Palaeoloxodon
Palaeoloxodon namadicus (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon namadicus, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon namadicus, Lead
Palaeoloxodon namadicus is an extinct species of prehistoric elephant
Palaeoloxodon recki (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon recki, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon recki, Lead
Palaeoloxodon recki, often known by the synonym Elephas recki, is an extinct species of elephant
Palaeoloxodon falconeri (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon falconeri, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon falconeri, Lead
A member of the genus Palaeoloxodon
Palaeoloxodon cypriotes (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, Lead
Palaeoloxodon cypriotes is an extinct species of dwarf elephant
Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, Lead
Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis is an extinct species of dwarf elephant belonging to the genus Palaeoloxodon
Palaeoloxodon naumanni (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon naumanni, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon naumanni, Lead
Palaeoloxodon naumanni is an extinct species of elephant belonging to the genus Palaeoloxodon
Palaeoloxodon tiliensis (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon tiliensis, Lead
Palaeoloxodon tiliensis is an extinct species of dwarf elephant belonging to the genus Palaeoloxodon
Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis, Lead
Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis is an extinct species of elephant belonging to the genus Palaeoloxodon
Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus, Lead
Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus is an extinct species of elephant belonging to the genus Palaeoloxodon
Palaeoloxodon jolensis (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon jolensis, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon jolensis, Lead
Palaeoloxodon jolensis (often historically erroneously spelled iolensis) is an extinct species of elephant
Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi, Lead
Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi is an extinct species of elephant known from fossil found on the island Crete
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