Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals which includes the living elephants (belonging to the genera Elephas and Loxodonta), as well as a number of extinct genera like Mammuthus (mammoths) and Palaeoloxodon.

Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).

Mar 7, 2025 · Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous mammals, belonging to the mammal order of Proboscidea, collectively called elephants and mammoths first described by John Edward Gray in 1821.

FAMILY . Stegolophodon . Eritreum . Eozygodon . Sinomammut (Mastodon) Mammut . MAMMUTIDAE FAMILY ... FAMILY . ˆ˛ ˆ˛ ˆ˜ ˆ˜ ˜˛ ˜˛ ˜˜ PROBOSCIDEAN EVOLUTIONARY TREE ˜˜ Title: Elephant Diversity Tree - Proboscidean Evolutionary Tree Author: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Subject: Elephant evolution activity Keywords:

Dec 27, 2010 · Now scientists have used DNA from an extinct animal to better understand living species: the elephants. You'd think there wouldn't be much left to learn about a species that big and conspicuous,...

There are two living relatives of this group, the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) and the larger African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana). These two elephants are closely related to the extinct mammoths that once roamed the planet. See …

A new study reconfigures the elephant family tree, placing the giant extinct elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) closer to the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), than to the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), once thought to be its closest living relative.

Jun 13, 2017 · Fossil DNA may be rewriting the history of elephant evolution. The first genetic analysis of DNA from fossils of straight-tusked elephants reveals that the extinct animals most closely...

Jun 6, 2017 · A new study reconfigures the elephant family tree, placing the giant extinct elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus closer to the African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, than to the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus, which was once thought to be its closest living relative.

Aug 3, 2017 · Scientists say results suggest a rework of the elephant family tree and greater consideration of how to conserve African forest elephants, populations of which have been decimated over the last 20 years. The first DNA analysis of ancient straight-tusked elephant fossils may be changing what we know about elephant evolution.