Elephants are large placental mammals that constitute the family Elephantidae, they are the only extant family of the order Proboscidea, elephants were a far more diverse family, but now, there are only eight extant species under two genera and the only two elephant genera alive today are Loxodonta (African Elephants) with two extant species being the African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and Elephas (Asiatic Elephants) with six extant species being the Indian Elephant (Elephas indicus), the Sri Lanka Elephant (Elephas maximus), the Bangladeshi Elephant (Elephas bangladeshiensis), the Indochinese Elephant (Elephas vietnamensis), the Sumatran Elephant (Elephas sumatrensis), and the Bornean Elephant (Elephas borneensis) There were many extinct elephant species that many were not just extinct species of african elephant or asiatic elephant, there were also extinct elephant species in different genera as well Especially extinct elephants that are in the only living elephant subfamily, which is the subfamily Elephantinae The four-tusked elephants (genus Primelephas) are an extinct elephant genus with two known species: the Maglio's Four-Tusked Elephant (Primelephas gomphotherioides) and the Coppens's Four-Tusked Elephant (Primelephas korotorensis) The african elephants (genus Loxodonta) were not only constituted by two living species, but six other extinct species were also known, which include the African Scrub Elephant (Loxodonta cookei), the African River Elephant (Loxodonta expotata), the African Desert Elephant (Loxodonta atlantica), the African Grass Elephant (Loxodonta adaurora), the African Marsh Elephant (Loxodonta kararae), and the African Mountain Elephant (Loxodonta pharaohensis) The straight-tusked elephants (genus Palaeoloxodon) are an extinct elephant genus with sixteen recognized species, which include the Dietrich's Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon recki), the Maglio's Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon ekorensis), the Pomel's Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon iolensis), the Garutt's Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon mammontoides), the Occidental Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), the Bate's Lesser Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes), the Xylophagou Lesser Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon xylophagou), the Tilos Lesser Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon tiliensis), the Naxos Lesser Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon lomolinoi), the Crete Lesser Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi), the Adams' Lesser Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis), the Busk's Lesser Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon falconeri), the Turkmenian Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus), the Indian Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon namadicus), the Chinese Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis), and the Japanese Straight-Tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon naumanni) The asiatic elephants (genus Elephas) were not only constituted by six living species, but twelve other extinct species were also known, which include the Jordan Elephant (Elephas jordanensis), the Arabian Elephant (Elephas arabicus), the Turkish Elephant (Elephas turcicus), the Caucasian Elephant (Elephas caucasicus), the Syrian Elephant (Elephas asurus), the Chinese Elephant (Elephas rubridens), the Falconer's Elephant (Elephas hysudricus), the Flat-Headed Elephant (Elephas platycephalus), the Javan Elephant (Elephas sondaicus), the Blora Elephant (Elephas hysudrindicus), the Beyer's Elephant (Elephas beyeri), and the Sulawesi Dwarf Elephant (Elephas celebensis) The mammoths (genus Mammuthus) are an extinct elephant genus with twelve recognized species, which include the Barbary Mammoth (Mammuthus africanavus), the Cape Mammoth (Mammuthus subplanifrons), the Sardinian Mammoth (Mammuthus lamarmorai), the Cretan Dwarf Mammoth (Mammuthus creticus), the Southern Mammoth (Mammuthus meridionalis), the Romanian Mammoth (Mammuthus rumanus), the Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), the Steppe Mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii), the Jefferson's Mammoth (Mammuthus jeffersonii), the Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi), the Imperial Mammoth (Mammuthus imperator), and the Channel Island Mammoth (Mammuthus exilis)
Actually, there's only one member of Elephas. There are three or four subspecies, and they're not fully defined species. Also, I've never heard of the Bangladeshi Elephant, or the Indochinese elephant, those are a part of Elephas Indicus, or the indian Elephant. To be fair, there are two living members of Loxodonta, so at least that's right.
@ThroughTheEyeOfJ, actually, that is outdated, Elephas maximus is polyphyletic, asiatic elephants are defined by the genus Elephas as a whole not by Elephas maximus, the genus Elephas never existed in Africa and there are officially eighteen recognized asiatic elephant species: the †Jordan Elephant (Elephas jordanensis), the †Arabian Elephant (Elephas arabicus), the †Turkish Elephant (Elephas turcicus), the †Caucasian Elephant (Elephas caucasicus), the †Syrian Elephant (Elephas asurus), the Indian Elephant (Elephas indicus), the Sri Lanka Elephant (Elephas maximus), the †Chinese Elephant (Elephas rubridens), the †Falconer's Elephant (Elephas hysudricus), the †Flat-Headed Elephant (Elephas platycephalus), the Bangladeshi Elephant (Elephas bangladeshiensis), the Indochinese Elephant (Elephas vietnamensis), the Sumatran Elephant (Elephas sumatrensis), the †Javan Elephant (Elephas sondaicus), the Bornean Elephant (Elephas borneensis), the †Blora Elephant (Elephas hysudrindicus), the †Beyer's Elephant (Elephas beyeri), and the †Sulawesi Dwarf Elephant (Elephas celebensis).
Chirorhini (meaning "hand-nosed ones") is the clade that contains the more modern members of the mirorder Tethytheria such as proboscideans and sirenians to the exclusion of more basal forms such as the embrithopods, which lack the possession of their nose and upper lip combined into a prehensile tool, proboscideans and sirenians are more closely related to each other than either is to the embrithopods, which is why embrithopods are the most basal tethytheres.
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Seals, sea lions and walruses come back on land. Manatees and dugongs live their entire lives in the sea. How did the more amphibious ones become so much better equipped for their life in the sea?
To be fair, Pinnipeds haven't been around as long as Manatees and Dugongs, of the order Sirenia, and they haven't had enough time to fully adapt to the ocean. Also, some Sirenians, like .manatees don't exclusively live in the Ocean. Some live in the Amazon River Basin, and in the Congo River. I understand though.
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Mbielu Mbielu Mbielu! Those people from the Congo sound like they have too much time on their hands naming a creature with the same word repeated three times. I swear I nearly fell asleep after merely typing the second Mbielu.
hey @J :) the image in question at 9:29 isn't the Ropen ! it has been said to been another supposed living pterosaur that was found during the Civil war ! in the South ...... the story of this one is as follows : some Sothern soldiers were trekking though some Swamp land in the south ! then all of a sudden they were getting Swooped by a large bird like animal ! then came the order to shoot it down !! they shot it down and it looked like a Pterodactyl ! they took a photo seen here allegedly and this was suppose to support the belief of the Giant bird stories known as the THUNDERBIRD ( not to be confused with the British TV series or any sports teams with the same name ) THUNDERBIRDS are said to be in Ancient American Indian foke lore and have been said to been supposed living pterosaurs as some cave paintings also seem to look like it as well . ................... then also came the April 26,1890 the Tombstone Epitaph published an incredible article of six gunslingers / Cowboys shooting the Tombstone Thunderbird right out of the sky. again an alleged photo was taken but it turns out this was a promotional picture to support a dinosaur ride near a cowboy attraction at an amusement park - yet some still believe the story to be real ! as that so called Thunderbird looked like a Pterodactyl as well but the prop for the ride was so convincing for promo shots people believe the story is REAL !!! sadly to say the Civil war story and the theme park cowboy story for a Dinosaur ride have been mixed in with stories of THUNDERBIRD , Pterodactyl and Ropen sightings although the photos are all considered to be fakes or hoaxes ! no actual photo evidence to support the claims .
True. There are other accounts of living pterosaurs. The only problem is that the cave paintings were ruined, and drawn over. The actual image showed some post-colonization art, at least to my knowledge. Another valid point, is that there's nothing in the way of hard evidence to support any of these claims. I should look into the civil war pterosaur a bit futher. Should I?
I should add that the image in question is said to be a fake made to imitate the actual image which had disappeared. Well, that's the story I heard about the image and ThunderBird cryptid.
Interesting video about the dino creature.🦕🦖 I do wonder though If there are some certain dinosaurs around, how did they manage to survive the astorid impact 66 million years ago?
