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Proboscidea

Proboscidea is an order in the class Mammalia. This database currently files 1 species under it, 1 of them threatened, recorded across 47 countries.

Species filed
1
Threatened
1
Countries recorded
47
With a free photo
100%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Proboscidea?

1 family filed directly under this order.

  1. Elephantidae

    african bush elephant

    1 species

Best-known members of Proboscidea

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How threatened is Proboscidea?

1 of 1 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
ENEndangered1100%

Where is Proboscidea recorded?

Species on file in this order with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Tanzania: 1 speciesUnited States of America: 1 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 1 speciesSomalia: 1 speciesKenya: 1 speciesSudan: 1 speciesChad: 1 speciesSouth Africa: 1 speciesZimbabwe: 1 speciesBotswana: 1 speciesNamibia: 1 speciesMali: 1 speciesBenin: 1 speciesNiger: 1 speciesNigeria: 1 speciesCameroon: 1 speciesGhana: 1 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 1 speciesGuinea: 1 speciesLiberia: 1 speciesSierra Leone: 1 speciesBurkina Faso: 1 speciesCentral African Rep.: 1 speciesCongo: 1 speciesGabon: 1 speciesEq. Guinea: 1 speciesZambia: 1 speciesMalawi: 1 speciesMozambique: 1 specieseSwatini: 1 speciesAngola: 1 speciesTunisia: 1 speciesSweden: 1 speciesPoland: 1 speciesHungary: 1 speciesGermany: 1 speciesNetherlands: 1 speciesPortugal: 1 speciesChina: 1 speciesItaly: 1 speciesDenmark: 1 speciesUnited Kingdom: 1 speciesEgypt: 1 speciesEthiopia: 1 speciesUganda: 1 speciesRwanda: 1 speciesS. Sudan: 1 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. South Africa1
  2. Benin1
  3. Kenya1
  4. Zambia1
  5. Uganda1
  6. Tanzania1
  7. Namibia1
  8. Botswana1
  9. Zimbabwe1
  10. Congo - Kinshasa1
  11. Malawi1
  12. Cameroon1
  13. Liberia1
  14. Côte d’Ivoire1
  15. Sudan1
  16. China1
  17. Ghana1
  18. Equatorial Guinea1
  19. Burkina Faso1
  20. Mozambique1

All species in Proboscidea

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangeredNot recorded47