…In the broad sense, it is a general term for mammals belonging to the order Proboscidea, but in the narrow sense, it refers only to animals belonging to the subfamily Elephantinae in the order Proboscidea. In the narrow sense, an elephant has long cheek teeth with high crowns, no incisors on the lower jaw, and a high and short skull. From [Proboscidea]…a large, herbivorous, ungulate mammal with a long, freely moving snout. It belongs to the order Proboscidea in the suborder Eutheria in the class Mammalia. There are only two extant species in Africa and one in South Asia, but in geological times there were many species distributed widely from the tropics to the polar regions of Africa, Europe, Asia, and North and South America. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Proboscidea" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…広義には長鼻目Proboscideaに属する哺乳類の総称であるが,狭義には長鼻目ゾウ科ゾウ亜科Elephantinaeに属する動物のみを指す。 狭義のゾウは頰歯(きようし)が歯冠部の高い長歯で,下あごに切歯がなく,頭骨が高く短い。… 【長鼻類】より…自由に動く長い鼻をもつ蹄行(ていこう)性の大型の草食性哺乳類で,哺乳綱真獣下綱長鼻目Proboscideaに属する。現生種はアフリカに2種,南アジアに1種しかいないが,地質時代にはアフリカ,ヨーロッパ,アジア,南北アメリカの熱帯から寒帯まで広く分布し,多くの種類があった。… ※「Proboscidea」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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