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KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Mammalia
ORDER: Proboscidea
FAMILY: Elephantida
GENUS:Loxodonte (slanting tooth) africana (from Africa)
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoKingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (that are vertebrates E.g. that have a spinal column)
Class: Mammalia (who nurse their young, and have things like sweat glands)
Order: Proboscidea (also having a long, flexible nose, among other things)
Family: Elephantidae (and, finally, that are elephants)
Genus: Loxodonta (big-eared African elephants, not commonly domesticated) or Elephas (little-eared Asian elephants, like Hannibal rode over the Alps! Seriously, also sacred in many cultures)
Species: Loxodonta africana (Savannah elephants, the largest land mammals!), Loxodonta cyclotis (African forest elephants, a little smaller than their Savannah cousins), Elephas maximus maximus (Sri Lankan elephants), Elephas maximus indicus (Indian elephants), Elephas maximus borneensis (Pygmy elephants, less than 2.5 metres tall), and Elephas maximus sumatranus (Sumatran elephants)
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∙ 9y agopreliminary research indicated that there are 2 sub species namely - savanna and forest elephants.
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∙ 12y agoKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:ProboscideaFamily:ElephantidaeGenus:Loxodonta
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∙ 15y agoCeratotherium Simum
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Scientists classify animals by shared what?
conragationistsories
How do scientists use the dichotomous key for classifying organisms?
Scientists classify organisms by the dichotomous key. They classify by looking at if it moves or not, then they look at characteristics, then they can see what they are.
Do scientists classify plants and animals using certain charaterisics?
Scientists classify plants and animals on the basis of tasonomy. Taxonomy is classsification, identification and nomenclature of living organisms. Taxonomy is used to classify organisms on the basis of their characteristics, mode of nutrition etc.
What types of objects do scientists classify?
space, geo, aqua, tech, living/animal
Why do scientist classify living things?
To be able to study all the living things in our universe, we need a way to group or classify them together. Scientists divided all things into living and non-living. Then they divided those (e.g. animal kindom and plant kingdom, then continued dividing them on how the items were seimilar or dissimilar).
How do scientists classify mount kilauea?
scientists classify Mount Kilauea as a shield volcano
Are African elephants asexual or sexual?
All elephants are sexual, including African Elephants.
Which has larger ears African or Asian elephants?
African elephants
What animal comes in the African and Indian varieties?
elephants come in african and indian varieties you can get african elephants and indian elephants.
How do scientists classify organisms into different Kingdoms?
scientists use taxonomy to classify and separate them into different groups
How much hair do African Elephants have?
How much hair do African Elephants have?
What is the population of African elephants?
There are about 470,000 living African elephants at this time.
African elephants are larger than Asian elephant?
Yes, african elephants are slightly larger than asian elephants. Male African elephants reach about 4m whereas male Asian elephants reach 3.5m.
What type of animal are Elephants?
There are two major species which are the African elephant and the Asian elephant.There are also Sri Lankan, Indian, Borneo pygmy, Forest, African savanna, and Sumatran elephants.
Are there Elephants in the African Forest?
Yes there are elephants there.
Where Can You Get An Elephant?
You get African Elephants and Indian Elephants. African Elephants can be found in Africa. Indian Elephants can be found in India. You might try your local zoo.
Are african elephants endangered?
African Elephants are endangered because hunters are killing them for their ivory and other body parts. It is estimated that by 2020 African elephants will be extinct.
