Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Elephantidae | Phylum Chordata Order Proboscidea Genus Elephas | |
Similar Elephas celebensis, Palaeoloxodon recki, Loxodonta atlantica, Cyprus dwarf elephant, Stegodibelodon | ||
Elephas ekorensis is an extinct species of large herbivorous mammals belonging to the Elephantidae family. Fossils have been found in East Africa dating as far back as the Early Pliocene age, between 5.3 and 3.6 million years ago. It is the earliest recognisable species in the Elephas genus. There are two lineages, a dead-end, Afro-Eurasian lineage and an Asian lineage that evolved into modern Asian elephants. It was an ancestor of Elephas recki and Elephas iolensis.
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