Elephas antiquus Falconer & Cautley, 1847
Straight-tusked elephant
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Palaeloxodon antiquus Falconer & Cautley, 1847; Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) cephallonicus Theodorou et al., 2018
E. cephallonicus is considered a synonym of E. antiquus by (Athanassiou et al., 2019).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c. 48,000 BC
Distribution
Europe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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