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- Proboscidea - Wikipedia
Proboscidea ( ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə ; from Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a taxonomic order of Afrotheria paenungulate mammals described by J Illiger in 1811
- Proboscidean | Evolution, Adaptations Extinction | Britannica
Although only three species of elephant are extant today, more than 160 extinct proboscidean species have been identified from remains found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica Most of these were called gomphotheres, which belonged to a different family from elephants
- The Proboscidea - University of California Museum of Paleontology
Today there are two living species of Proboscidea: the African elephant Loxodonta africanus and the Asian elephant Elephas maximus However, in the past, there were many members of the order
- Proboscidea (elephants) | INFORMATION | Animal Diversity Web
Elephants are the survivors of a radiation of giant herbivores that once were diverse and widely distributed, including as many as seven families and, through the Tertiary, many dozens of species They are classified as "subungulates" and believed to be related to hyraxes and sirenians
- Fossil Friday: Elephants and the Abrupt Origin of Proboscidea
Proboscideans include the living and fossil elephants such as mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, stegodonts, and deinotheres The fossil record of proboscideans is very extensive with about 50 genera with 185 species
- Proboscidea louisianica
L ow spreading and 1–3 feet tall and 4–6-feet wide, this hairy plant is one of four Devil’s Claw species in NM that has fleshy stems, bizarre forked seedpods, and is densely covered with large, sticky leaves Note the pale pink to white flowers with purple spots on the upper lobe
- PROBOSCIDEA Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PROBOSCIDEA is an order of large gravigrade mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms that typically have some of the teeth enlarged into tusks with corresponding modifications of the skull, that often have the nose drawn out into a trunk, and that are now limited to Africa and parts of Asia though formerly
- Proboscidea (Elephants) - Encyclopedia. com
The living elephant species are contained within a single family, the Elephantidae, and are the sole remaining representatives of the mammalian order Proboscidea
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