Palaeoloxodon antiquus

Description
See the Straight-tusked Elephant (Loxodonta "Palaeoloxodon" antiquus)  on Wikipedia.

Existence over past 50.000 years
''Each cell represents 1.000 years. If the bottom-right cell is filled the species went extinct after 1500 AD.''

Taxonomy

 * Genus Extinct: Yes
 * Family Extinct: No
 * Order Extinct: No


 * Closest Living Relative: Loxodonta cyclotis - African Forest Elephant
 * Conservation Status of Closest Living Relative: VU
 * Time diverged from Closest Living Relative: ?

Other recently extinct species in this genus

 * Palaeoloxodon namadicus

Fossil Locations
Quaternary of France (3 collections), Germany (8), Greece (6), Italy (11), Portugal (6), Spain (9), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Temporal Range
Palaeoloxodon antiquus:

Temporal Range: 0.4-0.03 MYA

Lifespan: 0.37 MY