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April 5, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
September 28, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
October 28, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
December 31, 2007	Good article reassessment	Delisted
February 20, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
August 11, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
November 5, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed
December 8, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
January 30, 2013	Featured article candidate	Promoted
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Sri Lankan elephant

From Sri Lankan elephant: Only 107% of males bear tusks.Elephants can reach a maximum height of 4 feet(ref= Jayewardene, J. (1994) The elephant in Sri Lanka. Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo) However, according to the elephant census conducted in 2011 by the Wildlife Conservation Department of Sri Lanka, only 2% of the total population are tuskers.
From Asian elephant Some males may also lack tusks... and are especially common among the Sri Lankan elephant population... (ref= Clutton-Brock, J. (1987). A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals. London: British Museum (Natural History). p. 208. ISBN 0-521-34697-5.)
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Elephant

Both mammoths and extant elephants are elephants. I ask for merging this article with Elephantidae.

A ptarmigan is a subset of a grouse.

A anaconda is a subset of a boa.

A woolly rhinoceros is a subset of a rhinoceros.

And a mammoth is a subset of a elephant.

This is incorrect. Mammoth are not a subset of Elephant. Both Elephants and Mammoth belong to the same family, but are different species.

According to this logic, Domestic Cats, Lions and Tigers (and all other Felids) should all share a page as they all belong to the family 'Felidae'. HappyGod (talk) 07:34, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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can I please edit this? jaydeno22 16:28, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Isn't the article already semi-protected?

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. SparklingPessimist ^{Scream at me!} 19:41, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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 And a mammoth is a subset of a elephant.
+:This is incorrect.  Mammoth are not a subset of Elephant.  Both Elephants and Mammoth belong to the same family, but are different species.
+:According to this logic, Domestic Cats, Lions and Tigers (and all other Felids) should all share a page as they all belong to the family 'Felidae'. [[User:HappyGod|HappyGod]] ([[User talk:HappyGod|talk]]) 07:34, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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