Elephas hysudrindicus

Elephas hysudrindicus
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Palaeoloxodon
Species: P. falconeri
Binomial name
Palaeoloxodon falconeri
Dubois, 1908

Elephas hysudrindicus is a fossil elephant of the Pleistocene of Java and is anatomically distinct from the extant Asian elephant, E. maximus.[1]

References

  1. Hooijer, D. A. (1955). Fossil Proboscidea from the Malay Archipelago and the Punjab. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 28 (1): 1–146.
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