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Loxodonta cyclotis  (Matschie, 1900)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 609784

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): African Forest Elephant [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderProboscidea Illiger, 1811 -- Elephants  
                      FamilyElephantidae Gray, 1821  
                         GenusLoxodonta Anonymous, 1827 -- African Elephants  
                            SpeciesLoxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900) -- African Forest Elephant  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Loxodonta cyclotis   
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Roca, Alfred L., Nicholas Georgiadis, Jill Pecon-Slattery, and Stephen J. O'Brien  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Genetic Evidence for Two Species of Elephant in Africa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science, vol. 293   
  Page(s): 1473-1477   
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  Reference for: Loxodonta cyclotis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2000   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Loxodonta cyclotis, African Forest Elephant   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: See Laursen and Bekoff (1978, Mammalian Species, 92), where cyclotis was treated as a subspecies of L. africana. Grubb et al. (2000) presented morphological and some molecular data in support of upgrading cyclotis to a species, separate from africana, corroborating earlier hypothesis that Loxodonta cyclotis and L. africana are distinct species. Further, Grubb et al. (2000) supported the hypothesis that L. cyclotis is morphologically more primitive than L. africana. Roca et al. (2001) provid...  
    Status: CITES - Appendix I (as included in L. africana); U.S. ESA - Threatened (as included in L. africana); IUCN - Endangered (as included in L. africana)  
 

 

    

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