Elephas ekorensis
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| Elephas ekorensis Temporal range: Early Pliocene
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Elephas |
| Species: | †E. ekorensis
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| †Elephas ekorensis Maglio, 1970
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Elephas ekorensis is an extinct species of elephant. Fossils have been found in East Africa. They date as far back as the Early Pliocene age, between 5 and 4.2 million years ago.[1] It is the earliest species placed in the genus Elephas.[2][3][4] It has been suggested to have been a grazer or mixed feeder (both browsing and grazing).[5] Its placement in the genus of Elephas has been questioned, as the teeth are similar to those of the contemporaneous Loxodonta adaurora. A number of specimens assigned to it likely actually belong to other species.[5]
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