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elephant Elephants  are large mammals of the family  Elephantidae  in the order  Proboscidea . Three species are currently recognised: the  African bush elephant  ( Loxodonta africana ), the  African forest elephant  ( L. cyclotis ), and the  Asian elephant  ( Elephas maximus ). Elephants are scattered throughout  sub-Saharan Africa ,  South Asia , and  Southeast Asia . Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the order Proboscidea; other, now extinct, members of the order include  deinotheres ,  gomphotheres ,  mastodons ,  anancids  and  stegodontids ; Elephantidae itself also contains several now extinct groups, such as the  mammoths and  straight-tusked elephants . All elephants have several distinctive features, the most notable of which is a long trunk (also called a  proboscis ), used for many purposes, particularly breathing, lifting water, and grasping object...

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