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| image_caption = An African Bush Elephant ''Loxodonta africana'' in Paignton Zoo, England
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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 ].

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African elephants
File:Elephant.african.600pix.jpg
An African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana in Paignton Zoo, England
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Loxodonta
Anonymous, 1827
Species

Loxodonta adaurora (extinct)
Loxodonta africana
Loxodonta cyclotis

African elephants are the two species of elephants in the genus Loxodonta, one of the two existing genera in Elephantidae. Although it is commonly believed that the genus was named by Georges Cuvier in 1825, Cuvier spelled it Loxodonte. An anonymous author romanized the spelling to Loxodonta and the ICZN recognizes this as the proper authority.

Fossil Loxodonta have only been found in Africa, where they developed in the middle Pliocene.

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  1. Shoshani, J. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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