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MeSH Heading: Elephants
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.250.500.249
Unique ID: D004606
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004606
Scope Note: Large mammals in the family Elephantidae, with columnar limbs, bulky bodies, and elongated snouts. They are the only surviving members of the PROBOSCIDEA MAMMALS.
Entry Term(s): African Elephants; Asiatic Elephants; Elephas maximus; Loxodonta
Related Numbers: txid9783; txid9784
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Elephants MeSH Descriptor Data 2024