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genus elephasnountype genus of the family elephantidae

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genus elephasnountype genus of the family elephantidae
indian elephantnounA subspecies of the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, distributed across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Laos, southern China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and formerly Pakistan.
african bush elephantThe African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is a species of elephant native to sub-Saharan Africa.
african forest elephantnounOne of the two species of African elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis.
african elephantnounEither of two species of elephant, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis, found in Africa.
sri lankan elephantThe (Elephas maximus maximus) native to Sri Lanka and one of three recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant.
asian elephantnounAn elephant, Elephas maximus, found in Asia.
sumatran elephantThe (Elephas maximus sumatranus) one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
elephantidaea family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths.
borneo elephantThe Borneo elephant, also called the Bornean elephant or the Borneo pygmy elephant, is a subspecies of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) that inhabits northeastern Borneo, in Indonesia and Malaysia.
syrian elephantThe Syrian or Western Asiatic elephant (sometimes given the subspecies designation Elephas maximus asurus) was the westernmost population of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), which went extinct in ancient times, with early human civilizations in the area utilizing the animals for their ivory, and possibly for warfare.
elephants in kerala cultureElephants found in Kerala, the Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus), are one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant.
north african elephantnoun†Loxodonta africana pharaoensis, an extinct subspecies of elephant.
elephantiformesa suborder within the order Proboscidea.
northern elephant sealThe northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal).
mammothnounAny species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
elephantnounA large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
palaeoloxodon namadicusan extinct species of prehistoric elephant known from the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene of the Indian subcontinent, and possibly also elsewhere in Asia.
elephantoideaa taxonomic group that contains the elephants as well as their closest extinct relatives, including stegodontids and "tetralophodont gomphotheres", the latter of which are otherwise placed in Gomphotheriidae.
proboscideaa taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families.

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