...They range from small to large, but they all share a common feature: a flat skull top, an inverted triangular front, and parallel tusks. The Indian Ganessa elephant S. ganesa and the Chinese Yellow River elephant S. humghoemsis from the early Pliocene were extremely large, measuring 3m in shoulder height and 2.5m in tusk length. The Japanese elephant S. cf. elephantoides and S. cf. bombifrons from the same period were also large, and are considered to be closely related to those found in India and Myanmar. *Some of the terminology that refers to the Ganessa elephant is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…小型のものから大型のものまで各種各様のものがあるが,頭骨の頂部が平たんで,前面が逆三角形,左右のきばが平行に直に突出しているという共通性がある。鮮新世前期のインドのガネッサゾウS.ganesaや中国のコウガゾウ(黄河象)S.humghoemsisはきわめて大きく,肩高が3m,きばの長さは2.5mもあった。日本の同時代のエレファントイデスゾウS.cf.elephantoidesやボンビフロンスゾウS.cf.bombifronsも大型であり,インドやミャンマーにいたものと近縁とされている。… ※「ガネッサゾウ」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。 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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