- genus Loxodonta
- nouna genus of Elephantidae• Syn: ↑Loxodonta• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Elephantidae, ↑family Elephantidae• Member Meronyms: ↑African elephant, ↑Loxodonta africana
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genus Loxodonta
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Loxodonta — noun a genus of Elephantidae • Syn: ↑genus Loxodonta • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Elephantidae, ↑family Elephantidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Loxodonta africana — noun an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks • Syn: ↑African elephant • Hypernyms: ↑elephant • Member Holonyms: ↑Loxodonta, ↑genus Loxodonta … Useful english dictionary
Loxodonta Africana — Elephant El e*phant ([e^]l [ e]*fant), n. [OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. [ e]l[ e]phant, L. elephantus, elephas, antis, fr. Gr. ele fas, ele fantos; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. ibha, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Elephant — Taxobox name = Elephant image width = 250px image caption = An African Bush Elephant near the border of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Mammalia ordo … Wikipedia
African Bush Elephant — Taxobox name = African Bush ElephantMSW3 Shoshani|pages=91] status = NT status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=African Elephant Specialist Group|year=2004|id=12392|title=Loxodonta africana|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry… … Wikipedia
African elephant — Taxobox name = African elephants image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = range map caption=Distribution of Loxodonta africana (2007)African elephants are the species of elephants in the genus Loxodonta , one of the two existing genera in… … Wikipedia
List of placental mammals in Orders Tubulidentata, Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, and Sirenia — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… … Wikipedia
African Forest Elephant — Taxobox name = African Forest Elephant status = NE status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Proboscidea familia = Elephantidae genus = Loxodonta species = L. cyclotis binomial = Loxodonta cyclotis… … Wikipedia
Wildlife of Benin — includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats.Faunaubclass: TheriaInfraclass: EutheriaOrder: Hyracoidea (hyraxes) The hyraxes are any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. About the size … Wikipedia
