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Order Proboscidea (organism)

Known as: Mammals, Proboscidea, Mammal, Proboscidea, Proboscidea 
An order of MAMMALS that feeds using their trunks. It contains one family, the Elephantidae, comprised of two living genera of ELEPHANTS plus the… 
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Elephants
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Mammals

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2010
2010
Fossil proboscidea from the upper cenozoic of Central America: taxonomy, evolutionary and paleobiogeographic significance
Los fosiles de proboscideos de America Central se asignan a cuatro generos: Gomphotherium, Cuvieronius, Mammut y Mammuthus. Los… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Taxonomic review of fossil Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Langebaanweg, South Africa
Comparative morphological and metric study of proboscidean dental fossils from the Quartzose (QSM) and Pelletal Phosphate (PPM… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Affinities of ‘hyopsodontids’ to elephant shrews and a Holarctic origin of Afrotheria
Macroscelideans (elephant shrews or sengis) are small-bodied (25–540 g), cursorial (running) and saltatorial (jumping… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Body size in proboscideans, with notes on elephant metabolism
Mass estimates for a number of fossil proboscideans were computed using regression analyses on appendicular bones to body mass… 
2000
2000
Further report on Cryptosporidium in Barcelona zoo mammals
Abstract The prevalence of fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium in 36 primates (21 species and subspecies) and 62 herbivores (36… 
2000
2000
A New Record of the Polychaete Boccardia proboscidea (Family Spionidae), Imported to Hawai'i with Oysters
The spionid polychaete Boccardia proboscidea Hartman, 1940 was introduced to an oyster culture farm at Keahole, Hawai'i, with a… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Higher taxonomic relationships among extant mammals based on morphology, with selected comparisons of results from molecular data.
Until a few decades ago, phylogenetic relationships among placental orders were ambiguous and usually depicted to radiate as an… 
1997
1997
Evolutionary affinities of the order Perissodactyla and the phylogenetic status of the superordinal taxa Ungulata and Altungulata.
Contrary to morphological claims, molecular data indicate that the order Perissodactyla (e.g., horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Two new Oligocene desmostylians and a discussion of tethytherian systematics
Domning, Daryl P., Clayton E. Ray, and Malcolm C. McKenna. Two New Oligocene Desmostylians and a Discussion of Tethytherian… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Comparative anatomy of the bands of Schreger.
In the previous paper (2) the author presented the study on the tooth structure of various kinds of Proboscidea with the… 
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