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Animal Taxonomy - Elephant
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African Elephant
Animal Taxonomy
Fun Facts
The African Elephant
- The word elephant could be derived from Greek and Latin and mean "huge arch". "Ele" from Greek meaning arch and "phant" from Latin meaning huge.
- They eat 16 hours and sleep for 4.5 hours a day.
- They live in matriarchal groups of 6-14.
Kingdom
Kingdom
Animalia
All animals are members of the Kingdom Animalia, also called Metazoa.
Phylum
Phylum
Chordata
The Phylum Chordata includes the well-known vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals).
Class
Class
Mammalia
Order
Order
Proboscidea
Family
Family
Elephantidae
Genus
Genus
Loxodonta
Species
Species
Loxodonta africana (savannah or African bush elephant)
Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephant)
Sources
"African Elephants (Loxodonta africana and L. cyclotis) Fact ." San Diego Zoo Global Library. San Diego Zoo, 27 Mar. 2020. Web. 23 Apr. 2020. <http://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/african_elephant/taxonomy>.
Sources
Lundberg, John G. 1995. Chordata. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Chordata/2499/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/