Talk:Proboscidea

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Recent DNA tests have shown that the forest elephant is not a subspecies of the African elephant but a species in its own right. See [1], [2] and [3]. D.D. 22:01 Jan 4, 2003 (UTC)

Why is Amebelodon listed as gompothere in that article, while there is also an Amebelodontidae family listed here?

Amebelodon[edit]

Why is Amebelodon listed as gompothere in that article, while there is also an Amebelodontidae family listed here? Sorry for the double post DaMatriX 15:49, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Removed deleted image(s)[edit]

Just a note to say that I have removed some [or an] image[s] from the page beacuse they were speediable under either:

Category:Images with no fair use rationale
Category:Images with no copyright tag
Category:Images with no source

Or similar category. K ilo-Lima|^(talk) 17:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Classification[edit]

Something's not right here. Look at the taxobox - Euelephantoidea is shown as the parent of the child Gomphotheriidae. Yet the actual article for Gomphotheriidae has a taxobox indicating the taxonomic parent is Order Proboscidea. Presumably, the Gomphotheriidae page has omitted all intervening suborders? Or, is there an error? There seems to be taxonomic confusion throughout the various wiki pages within Proboscidea.--Leperflesh 20:54, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There still is, three years later. cygnis insignis 12:53, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Last glacial period[edit]

From the article: "Most families of Proboscidea are now extinct, many since the end of the last glacial period."

Could someone please include the date for the last glacial period? I think this was 20,000 years ago but I'm not sure. A link would be nice too. Thank you. Rissa, Guild of Copy Editors (talk) 01:57, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Extinction footnote[edit]

While it is possible to figure out that species now extinct are marked with "†", a note in the article or a footnote at the end would be helpful. Because of my Wiki editing inexperience I'd rather not do this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeeBee60 (talk • contribs) 08:24, 18 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Missing species[edit]

The taxonomic tree ("cladogram" above the section "Morphology" has "Loxodonta africana" ("African bush elephant" or "African savanna elephant") but "Loxodonta cyclotis" ("African forest elephant") is missing (as of the date and time I'm typing this). What's also missing are the lines that show how the two taxons (taxa) relate to each other, at which node they join up.2600:1700:6759:B000:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 (talk) 06:07, 18 August 2023 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson[reply]