Proboscidea (order)
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Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class)
Descripción
Order containing four living species in one family. Characterized as huge quadrupeds having long curving ivory tusks, a prehensile trunk or proboscis, columnar legs, a huge head with temporal glands, and wide flat ears. There were at least 170 fossil species, such as mammoths and mastodons.
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Otros términos
- elephant order [en]