IRMNG - Elephas Linnaeus, 1758

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Elephas Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1109504 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1109504)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Elephantidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Elephantus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 · unaccepted

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Species Elephas antiquus
Species Elephas bombifrons
Species Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Elephas planifrons
Species Elephas primigenius

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 33 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Elephas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1109504 on 2024-11-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (9)
Notes (1)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 33 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Elephantus Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795) Mag. Encyclop., 2 (6)
page(s): 189 [details]

Unreviewed

Type species as cited Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]