雷基象

雷基象是最大的大象之一,头颅短而高,象牙不大,其前肢较现代象长,眼窝低。分布于东非阿拉伯半岛。从350万年前上新世出现,一直到50万年前灭绝。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公吨(12.1长吨;13.6短吨)[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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