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Reference for:
Loxodonta cyclotis
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Author(s)/Editor(s):
Roca, Alfred L., Nicholas Georgiadis, Jill Pecon-Slattery, and Stephen J. O'Brien
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2001-08-24 / 2001-08-24
Article/Chapter Title:
Genetic Evidence for Two Species of Elephant in Africa
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Science, vol. 293
Page(s):
1473-1477
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Reference for:
Loxodonta cyclotis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
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Reference for:
Loxodonta cyclotis
Loxodonta cyclotis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
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Loxodonta cyclotis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: See Laursen and Bekoff (1978, Mammalian Species, 92), where cyclotis was treated as a subspecies of L. africana. Grubb et al. (2000) presented morphological and some molecular data in support of upgrading cyclotis to a species, separate from africana, corroborating earlier hypothesis that Loxodonta cyclotis and L. africana are distinct species. Further, Grubb et al. (2000) supported the hypothesis that L. cyclotis is morphologically more primitive than L. africana. Roca et al. (2001) provid...
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix I (as included in L. africana); U.S. ESA - Threatened (as included in L. africana); IUCN - Endangered (as included in L. africana)