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Belonging to the family of elephants, elephantidae, named by Cuvier 1825.
Fossils from Loxodonta have only been found in Africa, where they developed in the middle Pliocene.
Species
Loxodonta adaurora, extinct, developed into to the modern African elephant.
African elephant Loxodonta africana.
African forest elephant Loxodonta cyclotis.
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