The African Elephants' Toe Nails

Ian S.C. Parker; Alistair D. Graham

doi:10.2982/028.106.0101

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Ian S.C. Parker,¹ Alistair D. Graham²

¹P.O. Box 1115, Tolga, Qld 4882, Australia . ipap@activ8.net.au
²7 Packet Place, Yanchep, WA 6035, Australia Flashman@westnet.com.au

Abstract

Toe nails on front and hind feet of 689 culled elephants from three populations, two from Uganda and one from Kenya, were counted. Nineteen combinations were found, recorded as nails present on right front foot/left front foot/right hind foot/left hind foot. In addition, toenails from 33 foetuses are compared with their dams' toe nail combinations. The results nullify previous use of toe nail numbers for taxonomic purposes.

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Ian S.C. Parker and Alistair D. Graham "The African Elephants' Toe Nails," Journal of East African Natural History 106(1), 47-51, (1 July 2017). https://doi.org/10.2982/028.106.0101

Published: 1 July 2017

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