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Elephantidae
Elephantidae
is a
family
of large, herbivorous mammals collectively called
elephants
and
mammoths
. These are
terrestrial
large
mammals
with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into
tusks
. Most
genera
and
species
in the family are
extinct
. Only two genera,
Loxodonta
(African elephants) and
Elephas
(Asiatic elephants), are
living
.
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