Palaeoloxodon cypriotes

Palaeoloxodon cypriotes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes Cladus: Elephantimorpha Cladus: Elephantida Superfamilia: Elephantoidea

Familia: Elephantidae
Subfamilia: Elephantinae
Tribus: Elephantini
Genus: †Palaeoloxodon
Species: †Palaeoloxodon cypriotes

Name

Palaeoloxodon cypriotes (Bate, 1904)

References

• Bate, D.M.A., Preliminary Note on the Discovery of a Pigmy Elephant in the Pleistocene of Cyprus, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 71 (1903), pp. 498-500.
• A.H. Simmons, Faunal Extinction in an Island Society: Pygmy Hippopotamus Hunters of Cyprus, New York, 1999. ISBN 0306460882
• M. Masseti, Did endemic dwarf elephants survive on Mediterranean islands up to protohistorical times?, in G. Cavarretta - P. Gioia - M. Mussi - M.R. Palombo, La terra delgli Elefanti. The World of Elephants, Rome, 2001, pp. 402-406.
• P. Davies - A.M. Lister, Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, the dwarf elephant of Cyprus: size and scaling comparisons with P. falconeri (Sicily-Malta) and mainland P. antiquus, in G. Cavarretta - P. Gioia - M. Mussi - M.R. Palombo, La terra delgli Elefanti. The World of Elephants, Rome, 2001, pp. 479-480.
• M.R. Palombo, Endemic elephants of the Mediterranean Islands: knowledge, problems and perspectives, in G. Cavarretta - P. Gioia - M. Mussi - M.R. Palombo, La terra delgli Elefanti. The World of Elephants, Rome, 2001, pp. 479-480.

Vernacular names

English: Cyprus Dwarf Elephant
magyar: Ciprusi törpe elefánt
português: Elefante-anão-cipriota