Proboscidea

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Proboscidea is a mammalian order that includes elephants and their extinct relatives, characterized by trunks and large tusks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Proboscidea canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammalian order
taxonomic rank
characteristicFeature columnar limbs
elongated upper incisors forming tusks
graviportal posture
large body size
trunk
class Mammalia
commonName proboscideans
containsExtantSpecies Elephas maximus
African forest elephant
surface form: Loxodonta africana

Loxodonta cyclotis
containsExtantSpeciesCountApprox 3
diet herbivorous
diversificationPeak Miocene
extantDistribution South Asia
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
surface form: sub-Saharan Africa
firstAppearance late Paleocene
geographicOrigin Africa
historicalDistribution Africa
Central America
Eurasia
North America
northern South America
includesCommonGroup elephants
mammoths
mastodons
includesExtantFamily Elephantidae
includesExtantGenus Elephas
Loxodonta
includesExtinctFamily Barytheriidae
Deinotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae
Mammutidae
Moeritheriidae
Moeritheriidae
surface form: Numidotheriidae

Stegodontidae
includesExtinctGenus Deinotheriidae
surface form: Deinotherium

Gomphotheriidae
surface form: Gomphotherium

Mammoth
surface form: Mammuthus

Stegodon
infraclass Eutheria
kingdom Animalia
limbPosture digitigrade with cushioned feet
majorRadiation Eocene
phylum Chordata
reproduction viviparous
subclass Theria
superorder Afrotheria
taxonomicRank order
thermoregulation endothermic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bornean pygmy elephant order Proboscidea
Mammalia includesOrder Proboscidea
Sumatran elephant order Proboscidea
Afrotheria hasMember Proboscidea
Hyracoidea relatedTo Proboscidea
African forest elephant order Proboscidea
African bush elephant order Proboscidea