Elephas

Japanese: Elephas
Elephas

…There are four genera: Loxodonta (African elephant (illustration), etc.), Palaeoloxodon (Naumannia, Narbada, etc., sometimes considered a synonym of the previous genus), Elephas (Indian elephant (illustration), Celebes elephant, etc.), and Mammuthus (Woolly mammoth, Teio mammoth, etc.). Only African elephants (including forest elephants) and Asian elephants are extant. The Elephantinae subfamily is thought to have branched off in Africa from the Stegodontidae family, which appeared in the Miocene, and appeared in the Pliocene. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。ゾウ亜科は中新世に現れたステゴドン科からアフリカで分かれ出たものと考えられ,鮮新世に姿を現している。…

※「Elephas」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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