Loxodonta cyclotis

(Matschie, 1900)

African Forest Elephant

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Proboscidea
Family : Elephantidae
Genus : Loxodonta

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1900. Über geographische Abarten des afrikanischen Elefanten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1900:189-197.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797200

Original name as described

Elephas cyclotis

Type locality

Yaunde, S Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon

Taxonomy notes

split from L. africana, although some authorities still treat the two species as one

Taxonomy notes citation

Rohland, N., Reich, D., Mallick, S., Meyer, M., Green, R. E., Georgiadis, N. J., ... & Hofreiter, M. (2010). Genomic DNA sequences from mastodon and woolly mammoth reveal deep speciation of forest and savanna elephants. PLoS Biol, 8(12), e1000564.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000523

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Elephas africanus pumilio

(Noack, 1906)

Family

Elephantidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-35591

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-35591

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472554

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9716)

Elephas africanus albertensis

(Lydekker, 1907)

Family

Elephantidae

Root name

albertensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1e77440a-26a7-4ecd-9ea3-afffc3898277 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4dbc9edb-aaa9-458d-be1e-d4eadae0c78a

Authority page

1089

Authority publication

The Field

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9716)

Elephas africanus fransseni

(Schouteden, 1914)

Family

Elephantidae

Root name

fransseni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 2422

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

396

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9716)

Elephas africanus cottoni

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Elephantidae

Root name

cottoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

783

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9716)

Elephas africanus cyclotis

(Lydekker, 1908)

Family

Elephantidae

Root name

cyclotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741224

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Loxodonta cyclotis

Shoshani, 2005

Family

Elephantidae

Root name

cyclotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Shoshani (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9716)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181007989/204404464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Elephas cyclotis

(Matschie, 1900)

Family

Elephantidae

Root name

cyclotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8797200

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

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