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Asian Elephants
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Asian Elephants

Elephas

Elephas is a genus of elephants and one of two surviving genera in the family Elephantidae, with only a single living species, the Asian elephant (E. maximus). Several extinct species have been identified as belonging to the genus, extending back to the Pliocene or possibly the late Miocene.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Asian Elephant

speciesElephas maximus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Asian Elephants in Elements of Botany

Elements of Botany

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.233

Asian Elephants in Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.242

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43696.