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Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Handb. Naturgesch., 5th ed. p.125

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Proboscidea
family
Elephantidae
genus
Loxodonta
species
Loxodonta africana

Name

Synonyms
Elephas africana Blumenbach, 1797
Elephas capensis Cuvier, 1798
Loxodonta africana africana
Homonyms
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
Common names
'Clou in Tswana
Aafrika suur elevant in Estonian
African Bush Elephant in English
African Bush Elephant in English
African Bush Elephant in English
African Bush Elephant in English
African Bush Elephant in English
African Savanna Elephant in English
African Savanna Elephant in English
African Savanna Elephant in English
African Savanna Elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in language.
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African elephant in English
African savannah elephant in English
African savannah elephant in English
African savannah elephant in English
Afrika Savan Fili in Turkish
Afrika fili in Turkish
Afrikaanse Olifant in Dutch
Afrikaanse Savanneolifant in Dutch
Afrikaneschen Elefant in Luxembourgish
Afrikanischer Buschelefant in German
Afrikanischer Elefant in German
Afrikanischer Elefant in German
Afrikanischer Savannenelefant in German
Afrikanischer Savannenelefant in German
Afrikanischer Steppenelefant in German
Afrikansk Savanneelefant in Danish
Afrikansk elefant in Danish
Afrikanske savanneelefant in Danish
Afrikanskur fílur in Faroese
Afrikar elefante in Basque
Afrikinis savaninis dramblys in Lithuanian
Afrički slon in Croatian
Afríkufíll in Icelandic
Atlas Elephant in English
Bush Elephant in English
Carthaginian Elephant in English
Desert Elephant in English
Elefant africano de sabana in Aragonese
Elefant africà de sabana in Catalan–Valencian

Bibliographic References

  1. Broek,E. van den,Jansen,J.,Jr. (1964) Parasites of animals in the Netherlands. I. Parasites of wild birds http://phthiraptera.info/node/47121
  2. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
  3. Costică Adam,Attila D. Sàndor (2005) New data on the chewing louse fauna (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Romania. Part II
  4. Costică Adam,Chișamera,G. (2006) Remarks on two chewing louse species (Phthiraptera: Amblycera) collected from the individuals of a sand martin (Riparia riparia (L.)) colony from southern Romania http://phthiraptera.info/node/47126
  5. Roca, Alfred L., Nicholas Georgiadis, Jill Pecon-Slattery, and Stephen J. O'Brien, 2001: Genetic Evidence for Two Species of Elephant in Africa. Science, vol. 293. 1473-1477.
  6. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2011: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 2: Hoofed Mammals. 206-247.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
  10. Wilson,G. I. (1956) Some parasites of the english sparrow in Maryland
  11. Wolffhügel,Kurt Wolfgang (1920) Die Parasiten der Haustier in Sudamerika besonders in den La Platastaaten
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