Proboscidea

Translingual

Mammut americanum skeleton

Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in front”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed”).

Proboscidea

A taxonomic order within the clade Paenungulata – the elephants.
(Proboscidea f) A taxonomic genus within the family Martyniaceae – certain New World flowering plants.

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade
(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Martyniaceae - family

(order): Elephantidae (family)
- †Anthracobunidae, †Deinotheriidae, †Gomphotheriidae, †Mammutidae, †Moeritheriidae, †Stegodontidae, (extinct families)
- †Arcanotherium, †Eritreum, †Numidotherium (genera incertae sedis, all extinct)
(genus): Proboscidea louisianica - type species; Proboscidea althaeifolia, Proboscidea diversifolia, Proboscidea lutea, Proboscidea parviflora, Proboscidea triloba, Proboscidea sabulosa (other species)

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