Talk:Elephas beyeri

Elephas namadicus is not equated to the Paleoloxodon namadicus

Both animals were found in the Namarda alluvial deposits but they are not the same animals. It is also worth noting that at some point the classification of the Palaeoloxodon was under Elephas but it is currently understood to be closer to the Loxodonta cyclotis and not really that close to Elephas. Here is a paper that includes both species Pleistocene Fossil Studies With Khatri (1963) describing these additional animals. Artemesiagentile (talk) 17:49, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Except that it's an old paper published decades after Elephas namadicus was synonymized into Palaeoloxodon namadicus--Mr Fink (talk) 17:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

May I request for a citation synonymizing both the species? I presume that this would be specific to the namadicus species name (and not the entire genus) if indeed true. Artemesiagentile (talk) 17:49, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Several refs can be found in Palaeoloxodon namadicus affirming Elephas namadicus as a synonym.--Mr Fink (talk) 17:55, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Petition to change to Palaeoloxodon beyeri

As per koenigswald, this species supposedly was a dwarfed variant and a relative of the Elephas namadicus. Which is, in current literature assigned to the Palaeoloxodon. In turn, would this make this species also Palaeoloxodon? Currently, I haven't seen it being cited as such (Even the National Museum of the Philippines still cite E. beyeri in their recent posts)*

• Not surprising, because up to today they still use E. namadicusArtemesiagentile (talk) 15:32, 26 June 2021 (UTC)