Proboscidea

This has lots to do with Prehistoric animals

So every paleo fan should know about Elephants. Massive mammals that, in prehistoric times, evolved into various forms. Some of them were semi aquatic, some had shaggy coats to survive in the arctic, and some had jaws that worked like a giant shovel. Or did they?

Nope, it turns out the term “Elephant” only applies to the genera Loxodonta (African), Elephas (Asian), Palaeoloxodon, and Mammuthus (sometimes). The Mastodons, and all those guys? Nope, they’re not elephants. But why? For no reason, just because we don’t call them elephants. So basically you can’t accurately call them elephants because they’re not considered elephants.

This makes no sense. If there’s one thing we’ve learned about taxonomy in the past, it’s that common names can change. For example whales used to be their own thing, but now they’re included as Even toed ungulates, despite the fact that they have flippers, FLIPPERS, THEY’RE A CERTAIN TYPE OF ANIMAL PURLY BECAUSE THEY EVOLVED FROM THEM. Same with Birds, birds are technically reptiles BECAUSE THEY EVOLVED FROM THEM. So clearly definitions can change, so why not vice versa? Why can’t the definition of an Elephant be changed to include other Proboscideans? For no reason, it’s just plain stupid

Thank you for reading my rant on Elephant classification. From now on I will use Elephant as the term for all Proboscideans, and if you want to help fight this tyranny, I believe you should too

Inspired by @Alienboy planet 23's post

(Start of the list series!)

C = Currently in park.

U = Upcoming.

P = Planned addition.

Rev = Revamping enclosure.

Rel = Relocating.

• Mammuthus primigenius (P)

• Deinotherium proavum (C)

• Palaeoloxodon falconeri (C)

• Mammut americanum (Rel)

• Eritherium azzouzorum (Rev)

• Deinotherium giganteum (U)

• Chilgatherium Harrisi (Rev)

• Barytherium grave (C)

• Phiomia serridens (C)

• Prodeinotherium sinense (C)

• Palaeoloxodon namadicus (P)

• Stegotetrabelodon syrticus (C)

• Palaeoloxodon recki (U)]

• Mammuthus meridionalis (Rev)

• Moeritherium genus (C)

• Mammuthus creticus (Rel)

• Mammut pacificus (Rel)

• Zygolophodon turicensis (P)

• Tetralophodon longirostris (P)

• Mammuthus trogontherii (P)

The lore: select mammals and dinosaurs have appeared from vortexes on seperate sides of a swampy arena. And both are ready to battle

Meet the contestants:

Team Mammal:Xenosmilus

Wooly Mammoth

Daedon

Stegotetrabelodon

Stegomastodon

Team Dinosaur:Iguanodon

Allosaurus

Suchomimus

Vulcasaurus

Eotriceratops

The stage is set and the battle begins with Iguanodon taking out Xenosmilus somehow

Allosaurus wins a fight he normally would have lost, against Stegotetrabelodon

The mammals push back! Wooly Mammoth puts Eotriceratops back into the fossil record!

Suchomimus's spinosaurid powers were absolutely no match for Stegomastodon

Iguanodon shived Wooly Mammoth

Iguanodon committed yeetus the Proboscideaus and Stegomastodon was defeated

Vulcasaurus finally does something and defeats Daedon

The winner: Team Dinosaur!