雷基象

雷基象是最大的大象之一,頭顱短而高,象牙不大,其前肢較現代象長,眼窩低。分布於東非阿拉伯半島。從350萬年前上新世出現,一直到50萬年前滅絕。根据摩洛哥发现的一头四十岁的雄象化石,它肩高可达4.27(14.0英尺),重可达12.3公噸(12.1長噸;13.6短噸)[2][3]

雷基象
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
目: 长鼻目 Proboscidea
科: 象科 Elephantidae
属: 古菱齿象属 Palaeoloxodon
种:
雷基象 P. recki
二名法
Palaeoloxodon recki
(Dietrich, 1894)

参考文献

  1. Choudhury, A., Lahiri Choudhury, D.K., Desai, A., Duckworth, J.W., Easa, P.S., Johnsingh, A.J.T., Fernando, P., Hedges, S., Gunawardena, M., Kurt, F., Karanth, U., Lister, A., Menon, V., Riddle, H., Rübel, A. & Wikramanayake, E. (IUCN SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group). . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. [04 May 2015].
  2. Larramendi, A. (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2016, 61. doi:10.4202/app.00136.2014. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2016-08-24).
  3. Marinheiro, J., Mateus, O., Alaoui, A., Amani, F., Nami, M., & Ribeiro, C. (2014). New Quaternary fossil sites from the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Comunicações Geológicas, 101(Especial I), 485-488.
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