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Elephas
''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 to the genus, including Elephas recki, Elephas antiquus, and the dwarf elephants E. falconeri and E. cypriotes. The genus is very closely related to the mammoth genus Mammuthus.
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.