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Type genus of the family Elephantidae
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elephas
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''Distinguish from Elaphus (disambiguation) .'' Elephas is one of two surviving genera in the family of elephants , Proboscidea , with one surviving species , the Asian elephant Elephas maximus . Several extinct species have been identified as belonging ...
Usage examples of elephas.
It has yielded substantial remains of Elephas meridionalis, but no other fossils.
Whoever wants to play elephas maximus of the order Proboscidea can have these goddam things.
But presently I guessed the identity of the mighty creature as Elephas africanus, or, as the ancients commonly described it, African elephant.