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'''Elephantus''',<ref name=dict>''[[Oxford Latin Dictionary]]'': elephantus elef- ~ntī ''m.'', (f.) Also elephā(n)s ~ntis." [[Lewis et Short]]: "ĕlĕphantus, i, and ĕlĕphās, antis (rarely ĕlĕphans, antis [...]), m. (fem.)."</ref> sive '''elephas''',<ref name=dict/> est utrumlibet [[animal]] ex duobus [[mammalia|mammalium]] [[genus (taxinomia)|generibus]] [[familia (taxinomia)|familiae]] [[Elephantidae|Elephantidarum]]. Tres elephantiselephantorum [[species]] [[Taxon exstans|exstant]]: ''[[Loxodonta africana]], [[Loxodonta cyclotis]],'' et ''[[Elephas maximus]]'' (etiam ''Elephas indicus'' appellatus). Cetera Elephantidarum species et genera [[exstinctio|exstincta]] sunt, nonnullis post recentissimum [[aevum glaciale]]; nani autem ''[[Mammuthus|mammuthi]]'' fortasse usque ad [[2000 a.C.n.]] superfuerunt.<ref>S. L. Vartanyan, V. E. Garutt, et A. V. Sher‡parallel, [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v362/n6418/abs/362337a0.html "Holocene dwarf mammoths from Wrangel Island in the Siberian Arctic,"] ''Nature'' 362:337–340 (25 Martii 1993).</ref> ElephantesElephanti aliaeque Elephantidae cum aliis animalibus [[cutis|cutem]] crassam habentibus olim positae sunt, in [[Pachydermata|Pachydermatibus]], [[Ordo (taxinomia)|ordine]] nunc inrito.

ElephantesElephanti sunt maxima animalia [[tellus|terrestria]] nunc [[vita|viva]].<ref name="NationalGeographicAfricanElephant">{{cite web|url=http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-elephant.html|title=African Elephant|publisher=''National Geographic'' | accessdate = [[16 Iunii]] [[2007]]}}.</ref> [[Tempus]] eorum [[gestatio]]nis est viginti duo [[mensis|menses]]—maximum omnium animalium terrestrium. ElephasElephantus recens natus saepe pondo 120 [[chiliogramma|chiliogrammatum]] est. ElephantesElephanti usitate a quinquaginta ad septuaginta annos vivunt, sed veterrimus elephaselephantus notus octoginta duo annos vixit.<ref>[http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/wildlife/elephants/elephant_about.html ElephantesElephanti], in situ "Animal Corner."</ref> Maximus mundi elephaselephantus notus, in [[Angolia]] anno [[1956]] [[glans (arma)|glandibus]] [[plumbum|plumbeis]] petitus, fuit [[mas]] qui pondo 24&thinsp;000 librarum fuit.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Fenykovi| first = Jose| title = The Biggest Elephant Ever Killed By Man| location = USA| pages = 7| language = English| publisher = CNN| date = [[4 Iunii]] [[1956]]| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1069744/7/index.htm| accessdate = [[3 Aprilis]] [[2009]]}}.</ref> <!--with a shoulder height of {{convert|3.96|m|ft}}, a metre (yard) taller than the average male African elephant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-elephant.html|title=Animal Bytes: Elephant|publisher=San Diego Zoo | accessdate = 2007-06-16}}.</ref> --> Minimi [[tellus|telluris]] elephanteselephanti noti, [[magnitudo|magnitudine]] [[vitulus|vituli]] magni vel [[sus|suis]], fuerunt [[species]] [[praehistoria|praehistorica]] quae [[Creta]]e in [[insula]] per [[Pleistocaenum]] [[habitatio|habitabant]].<ref>Dorothea M. A. Bate, "On Elephant Remains from Crete, with Description of ''Elephas creticus'' sp.n.," ''Proc. zool. Soc. London'' (1907), 238–250.</ref>

[[Fasciculus:Justso elephantchild.jpg|thumb|[[Crocodylus]] [[nasus|nasum]] elephantiselephanti iuvenis longiorem facit in "Elephant's Child" ex ''[[Just So Stories]],'' [[liber|libro]] a [[Rudyard Kipling]] scripto.]]

ElephantesElephanti in [[cultura popularis|cultura populari]] sunt omnibus locis praesentia [[res exotica|rerum exoticarum]] signa.<ref name="Van Riper 73">{{cite book|last=Van Riper|first=A. Bowdoin|title=Science in popular culture: a reference guide|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport|year=2002|page=73|isbn=0-313-31822-0}}</ref> <!--because their unique appearance and size sets them apart from other animals and because, like other African animals such as the [[giraffe]], [[rhinoceros]], and [[hippopotamus]], they are unfamiliar to Western audiences.<ref name="Van Riper 74">Van Riper, op.cit., p. 74.</ref> Popular culture's stock references to elephants rely on this exotic uniqueness.<ref name="Van Riper 74" /> For instance, a "[[white elephant]]" is a byword for something expensive, useless and bizarre.<ref name="Van Riper 74"/> -->

Fictici elephanteselephanti usitate sunt personae in [[litterae pueriles|litteris puerilibus]],<ref name="Van Riper 73" /> ubi ei sunt exemplaria morum optimorum,<ref name="Van Riper 73" /> et sunt huius generis litterarum celeberrimae personae.<ref name="Van Riper 73" /> <!--Many stories tell of isolated young elephants returning to a close-knit community, such as ''The Elephant’s Child'' from [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[Just So Stories]]'' (1902), ''[[Dumbo]]'' (1942) or ''[[The Saggy Baggy Elephant]]'' (1947).<ref name="Van Riper 74" /> Other elephant heroes given human qualities include [[Laurent de Brunhoff]]'s [[anthropomorphic]] ''[[Babar the Elephant|Babar]]'' (1935), [[David McKee]]'s [[Elmer the Patchwork Elephant|Elmer]] (1989) and [[Dr. Seuss]]'s [[Horton the Elephant|Horton]] (1940).<ref name="Van Riper 74" /> More than other exotic animals, elephants in fiction are surrogates for [[human]]s,<ref name="Van Riper 74" /> with their concern for the community and each other depicted as something to aspire to.<ref name="Van Riper 75">Van Riper, op.cit., p. 75.</ref> -->