Proboscidea / Elephantidae / Asiatic Elephant

The elephant (family: Elephantidae) is a large land mammal in the order Proboscidea. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, the Mammoths being the best-known of these. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata.

Elephants (family: Elephantidae) are large land mammals of the order Proboscidea. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, the Mammoths being the best-known of these. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata. Elephants are the largest land animals.[1] The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms (260 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.[2] The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. This male weighed about 12,000 kilograms (26,000 lb),[3] with a shoulder height of 4.2 metres (14 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant.[4] The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric species that lived on the island of Crete during the Pleistocene epoch.[5] The elephant has appeared in cultures across the world. They are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where they are thought to be on par with cetaceans[6] and hominids.[7] Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind"[8]. The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".[9] Healthy adult elephants have no natural predators[10], although lions may take calves or weak individuals.[11][12] They are, however, increasingly threatened by human intrusion and poaching. Once numbering in the millions, the African elephant population has dwindled to between 470,000 and 690,000 individuals.[13] The elephant is now a protected species worldwide, with restrictions in place on capture, domestic use, and trade in products such as ivory.

Elephants (family: Elephantidae) are large land mammals of the order Proboscidea. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, the Mammoths being the best-known of these. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata. Elephants are the largest land animals.[1] The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms (260 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.[2] The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. This male weighed about 12,000 kilograms (26,000 lb),[3] with a shoulder height of 4.2 metres (14 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant.[4] The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric species that lived on the island of Crete during the Pleistocene epoch.[5] The elephant has appeared in cultures across the world. They are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where they are thought to be on par with cetaceans[6] and hominids.[7] Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind"[8]. The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".[9] Healthy adult elephants have no natural predators[10], although lions may take calves or weak individuals.[11][12] They are, however, increasingly threatened by human intrusion and poaching. Once numbering in the millions, the African elephant population has dwindled to between 470,000 and 690,000 individuals.[13] The elephant is now a protected species worldwide, with restrictions in place on capture, domestic use, and trade in products such as ivory.

The elephants (Elephantidae) are a family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals ...

Elephants (family: Elephantidae) are large land mammals of the order Proboscidea. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, the Mammoths being the best-known of these. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata. Elephants are the largest land animals.[1] The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms (260 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.[2] The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. This male weighed about 12,000 kilograms (26,000 lb),[3] with a shoulder height of 4.2 metres (14 ft), a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant.[4] The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric species that lived on the island of Crete during the Pleistocene epoch.[5] The elephant has appeared in cultures across the world. They are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where they are thought to be on par with cetaceans[6] and hominids.[7] Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind"[8]. The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".[9] Healthy adult elephants have no natural predators[10], although lions may take calves or weak individuals.[11][12] They are, however, increasingly threatened by human intrusion and poaching. Once numbering in the millions, the African elephant population has dwindled to between 470,000 and 690,000 individuals.[13] The elephant is now a protected species worldwide, with restrictions in place on capture, domestic use, and trade in products such as ivory.

With the ruins of Paris ablaze at his back, our 'hero' next invades the Swiss Alps. Beware, for this proboscidean pyromaniac never forgets to terrorize. Another single level, with less than exemplary gameplay.

Walking with Beasts is a 2001 television documentary produced by the BBC. In North America it has been retitled Walking with Prehistoric Beasts. It recreates life in the Cenozoic by using a combination of both Computer-generated imagery and animatronics. Creatures shown in this video (in order of appearance): Doedicurus -- It was a prehistoric glyptodont, living during the Pleistocene until the end of the last ice age, some 11 000 years ago. This was the largest known glyptodontid, and one of the better known members of the New World Pleistocene megafauna, with a height of 1.5 meters and an overall length of around 3.6 meters. It had a huge domed, somewhat similar to that of its modern-day relative, the armadillos. Its tail was surrounded by a flexible sheath of bone and had long spikes or knobs on the end. Deinotherium -- 3 millions years ago relative from elephants. Indricothere (or Paraceratherium) -- a giant 7 meters tall hornless ancestor of rhinoceros, that was the largest land mammal to have ever lived. Moeritherium -- species that lived about 37-35 million years ago. Resembles a pygmy hippopotamuses, but this creature is in fact an ancestor of modern elephants. Gastornis -- A human sized flightless bird that lived 49 million years ago. He ruled the world, as the dinosaurs became exctinct. Phorusrhacos (pronounced "FOR-rus-RAH-kos"- means "Rag-Bearer") -- My favourite one. It was a genus of giant flightless predatory birds that lived in Patagonia, containing the single species Phorusrhacos longissimus. Their closest living relatives are Seriema birds. It was much larger than the seriemas, however, and looked more like an ostrich in appearance. These fierce birds lived in woodlands and grasslands. Phorusrhacos stood around 2.5 meters tall and weighed approximately 130 kilograms. It was nicknamed the "Terror Bird" for obvious reasons: it was one of the largest carnivorous birds to have ever existed, and its rudimentary wings formed arm-like structures with claws shaped like a meathook for tackling prey, which was then killed with the massive beak. It ate small mammals and carrion. Megatherium ("Great Beast") -- It was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths that lived from 2 million to 8,000 years ago. Woolly Mammoth - is a specie of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of the elephant family and close relatives of modern elephants. They were equipped with long curved tusks and covered with long hair. They lived from the Pliocene epoch from 4.8 million years ago to around 4,500 years ago.[ From Wikipedia. Credits: Walking with Beasts is a Impossible Pictures Productions, with BBC. Music: Yanni -- "Reason for Rainbows" (From "With I Could tell You" Album)

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