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Elephantidae
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 Elephant |
 Éléphant |
 Elefante |
Bison - Elephant - Giraffe - Goat - Leopard - Llama - Tiger - Beaver
| The elephants are a family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant, and the Asian Elephant. Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago, the Mammoth being the most well-known of these. Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. |
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