Loxodonta
Loxodonta
Ogawa Noriko
<catset>Category="Elephants"</catset><catset>Category="Endangered species"</catset><table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> African elephants</b><small><b>Conservation status: Endangered</b></small></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;">[image]<br><small> <a href="Savannah Elephant">Savannah Elephant</a></small></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: pink;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Animal">Animalia</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Phylum:</td><td><a href="Chordate">Chordata</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Class:</td><td><a href="Mammal">Mammalia</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Order:</td><td><a href="Proboscidea">Proboscidea</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Family:</td><td><a href="Elephant">Elephantidae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Genus:</td><td><i><b>Loxodonta</b></i><br><small> <a href="Georges Cuvier">Cuvier</a>,&nbsp; <a href="1825">1825</a></small></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center; background: pink;"><th><b> <a href="Species">Species</a></b></th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 .5em;"> <i>Loxodonta adaurora</i> (extinct)<br><i><a href="Savannah Elephant">Loxodonta africana</a></i><br><i><a href="Forest Elephant">Loxodonta cyclotis</a></i></td></tr></table><p><i><b>Loxodonta</b></i> is a <a href="Genus">Genus</a> in <a href="Elephant">Elephantidae</a>, the family of <a href="Elephant">elephants</a>. It was named by <a href="Georges Cuvier">Georges Cuvier</a> in 1825.<p><a href="Fossil">Fossils</a> from <i>Loxodonta</i> have only been found in <a href="Africa">Africa</a>, where they developed in the middle <a href="Pliocene">Pliocene</a>.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Species</h2><ul><li><i>Loxodonta adaurora</i>, <a href="Extinction">extinct</a>, developed into to the modern African <a href="Elephant">Elephant</a>. <li><a href="Savannah Elephant">Savannah Elephant</a> (<i>Loxodonta africana</i>). <li><a href="Forest Elephant">Forest Elephant</a> (<i>Loxodonta cyclotis</i>). </ul>