Loxodonta Anonymous 1827

Loxodonta Anonymous 1827, Zool. J., 3: 140.

Type Species: Elephas africanus Blumenbach 1797

Synonyms: Loxodon Falconer 1857 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)

Species Loxodonta cyclotis Matschie 1900

Discussion: The spelling in the original publication was "Loxodonte" [F. Cuvier, 1825, in E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, 3(52):2]. "Loxodonte" was latinized in 1827 (author unknown) to read Loxodonta, and has been accepted in his form. Following Article 11 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999), the format of " Loxodonta Anonymous, 1827 " is accepted. See Laursen and Bekoff (1978, Mammalian Species, 92) and Deraniyagala (1955).