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The Proboscidea. Eutheria. 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.
Proboscidea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae, some of whose species are known as devil's claw, devil's horn, ram's horn, or unicorn plant. The plants produce long, hooked seed pods. The hooks catch on the feet of animals, and as the animals walk, the pods are ground or crushed open, dispersing the seeds.
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 ).
Jul 1, 2021 · 20 Citations. 851 Altmetric. Metrics. Abstract. Proboscideans were keystone Cenozoic megaherbivores and present a highly relevant case study to frame the timing and magnitude of recent megafauna...
Dec 1, 1998 · In 1811 when Carl D. Illiger [1] coined the name Proboscidea for the mammalian order containing living and extinct elephants (Elephantidae) and their relatives, he chose the most distinguishing organ of an elephant—the proboscis—to be its epitome. Fossil proboscideans known at that time included mammoths (also a member of Elephantidae).
Sep 26, 1996 · The Proboscidea, of which only two species of elephant survive today, were one of the great mammalian orders of the Cenozoic. Their success over evolutionary time is reflected by their morphological and taxonomic diversity, their nearly worldwide distribution on every continent except Australia and Antarctica, and their persistence through ...
Jan 1, 2022 · In this study, we present almost 3,000 base pairs of mitochondrial ancient DNA (aDNA) obtained from a specimen of N. platensis from Uruguay ( Figure 1) and reconstruct a molecular phylogeny using these data together with previously retrieved DNA sequences from seven other members of the Proboscidea.
