Anti-Kusuzo - Anti-Kusuzo

Japanese: アンチクウスゾウ - あんちくうすぞう
Anti-Kusuzo - Anti-Kusuzo

…The genus name for African elephants is Loxodonta . In addition to the Narbada elephant, it includes the European P. antiquus , the Mediterranean dwarf P. falconerii and the Maltese elephant P. meltensis , and the Japanese Naumann's elephant. It is characterized by a frontal and parietal protuberance running horizontally across the forehead of the skull, the incisor bones that hold the tusks open widely to the left and right, the elongated molars, and the pronounced folds of enamel on the chewing surfaces called loxodont plica. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Antikuusou" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ちなみに,アフリカゾウの属名はロクソドンタLoxodontaである。ナルバダゾウのほか,ヨーロッパのアンチクウスゾウP.antiquus,地中海地域の矮小(わいしよう)型のフォーコネリゾウP.falconeriiやマルタゾウP.meltensis,日本のナウマンゾウが含まれる。頭骨の額の部分に横に走る前頭・頭頂隆起が見られ,きばをおさめる切歯骨が左右に大きく開き,臼歯は細長く,その咀嚼(そしやく)面に菱形褶(りようけいしゆう)(ロクソドント・プリカ)とよばれるエナメル質の褶曲が顕著であるのが特徴とされる。…

※「アンチクウスゾウ」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。

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