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    The straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of elephant that inhabited Europe and Western Asia during the Middle and Late...
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    ever, including the African Palaeoloxodon recki, the European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) and the South Asian Palaeoloxodon namadicus...
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    from the extinct European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) indicates that members of the extinct elephant genus Palaeoloxodon interbred...
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    authorities historically regarded P. namadicus and the European straight-tusked elephant (P. antiquus) as the same species due to their similar skull morphology...
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    of dwarf elephant that inhabited the island of Cyprus during the Late Pleistocene. A probable descendant of the large straight-tusked elephant of mainland...
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    tall straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) of mainland Europe, though two species represent dwarf mammoths. Dwarf species of elephants and...
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    European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus). Palaeoloxodon falconeri derives from the 4 metre tall straight-tusked elephant (P. antiquus)...
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    Proboscidea (redirect from Stem-elephant)
    probably evolved from the straight-tusked elephant. Other descendants of the straight-tusked elephant existed in Cyprus. Dwarf elephants of uncertain descent...
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    initial split. DNA from the European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) indicates that the extinct elephant genus Palaeoloxodon is more closely...
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    northern parts of the Earth, from Europe to North America. The straight-tusked elephant of mainland Europe principally inhabited the Mediterranean, but...
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