Loxodonta

Japanese: Loxodonta
Loxodonta

…The English name is true elephant. There are four genera: African elephant Loxodonta (African elephant (illustration), etc.), Palaeoloxodon (Nauman's elephant, Narbada elephant, etc. Sometimes considered a synonym of the previous genus), Asian elephant Elephas (Indian elephant (illustration), Celebes elephant, etc.), and Mammuthus (Woolly mammoth, Teio mammoth, etc.). Only African elephants (including forest elephants) and Asian elephants are alive today. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Loxodonta" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…英名はtrue elephant。アフリカゾウ属Loxodonta(アフリカゾウ(イラスト)など),ナウマンゾウ属Palaeoloxodon(ナウマンゾウ,ナルバダゾウなど。ときに前属の異名とされる),アジアゾウ属Elephas(インドゾウ(イラスト),セレベスゾウなど),マンモス属Mammuthus(マンモス,テイオウマンモスなど)の4属があり,アフリカゾウ(マルミミゾウを含む)とアジアゾウだけが現生する。…

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