Proboscidea (order)

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Scope note
Order containing four living species in one family. Characterized as huge quadrupeds having long curving ivory tusks, a prehensile trunk or proboscis, columnar legs, a huge head with temporal glands, and wide flat ears. There were at least 170 fossil species, such as mammoths and mastodons.
Proboscidea
Accepted term: 06-May-2024