Dichotomous Key/Proboscidea

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Dichotomous Key: Proboscidea
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Placentalia Order: Proboscidea

Parent key: Mammalia

Subclasses

Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia

Key: Mammalia

Orders

Afrosoricida - Artiodactyla - Carnivora - Cetacea - Chiroptera - Dermoptera - Insectivora - Lagomorpha - Macroselidae - Marsupialia - Monotremata - Perissodactyla - Pholidota - Primates - Proboscidea - Rodentia - Scandentia - Sirenia - Xenarthra

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• Fingers at tip of trunk
  • One - 2
  • Two - Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus

[edit] 2: Loxodonta

• Ear shape
  • Rounded - African savannah elephant, Loxodonta africana
  • Pointed - African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis