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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = African elephants
| image = elephant.african.600pix.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = An African Bush Elephant ''Loxodonta africana'' in Paignton Zoo, England
| regnum = ]ia
| phylum = ]
| classis = ]ia
| ordo = ]
| familia = ]
| genus = '''''Loxodonta'''''
| genus_authority = Anonymous, 1827
| subdivision_ranks = ]
| subdivision =
'']'' (extinct)<br>
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'''African elephants''' are the two species of ]s in the ] '''''Loxodonta''''', one of the two existing genera in ]. Although it is commonly believed that the genus was named by ] in 1825, Cuvier spelled it ''Loxodonte''. An anonymous author romanized the spelling to ''Loxodonta'' and the ] recognizes this as the proper authority.<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Shoshani|pages=91}}</ref>

] ''Loxodonta'' have only been found in ], where they developed in the middle ].

==External links==
* - An in-depth resource on elephants
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