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Proboscidea

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 720416 Last modified 30.12.2004
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  • pärisimetajate selts, millesse peale väljasurnud Moeritheriidae, Mastodontidae jmt. sgk-a kuulub üks praegusaegne sgk. - elevantlased (Elephantidae). Elevantlased on suurimad nüüdisaja maismaaloomad. Nad ilmusid eotseenis; iseloomulik tunnus on nina ja ülamoka liitumisest tekkinud lont.
  • an order of mammals having a long prehensile proboscis with the nostrils at the tip, large lophodont molars, and a pair of incisors of the upper jaw enormously developed as tusks; semi-plantigrade; forest living herbivorous forms of Africa and India. It includes elephants and the extinct mammoths.
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  • FR: proboscidiens [U50979] DE: Rüsseltiere [U50979] FI: norsueläimet [U50980]
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