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ADW: Proboscidea: INFORMATION. Proboscidea elephants. By Phil Myers. Elephants are the survivors of a radiation of giant herbivores that once were diverse and widely distributed, including as many as seven families and, through the Tertiary, many dozens of species.
Introduction to the Proboscidea. Elephants, Mammoths, Mastodons. African Elephant. Photo by Gerald and Buff Corsi, © 2002 California Academy of Sciences. There are only two species of Proboscidea alive today: the Indian elephant ( Elephas maximus) and the African elephant ( Loxodonta africana ).
Proboscideans are an order of eutherian mammals that include the living elephants as well as the extinct mammoths, mastodons and gomphotheres. All members of the order have a proboscis or trunk that they use to grab food and water. They use their trunks like humans use their hands, with an upper and lower lip to grab food.
Proboscidea is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. Proboscideans include some of the largest known land mammals.
Proboscidea parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae known by the common names doubleclaw and red devil's-claw. It is native to the desert southwest of the United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy, dry, and disturbed habitat and blooms during the hot summer.
Proboscidea (meaning "trunked beast") is an order containing only one familiy of living animals, Elephantidae, the elephants, with three living species (African forest elephant, African bush elephant, and Asian elephant).
Jul 1, 2021 · Proboscideans were keystone Cenozoic megaherbivores and present a highly relevant case study to frame the timing and magnitude of recent megafauna extinctions against long-term macroevolutionary...
