Mammuthus africanavus
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Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae

[Photo] A bull African mammoth, Mammuthus africanavus comes down to the water's edge, and encounters a pair of anthracotheres of the genus Libycosaurus during Pliocene Africa. (C) Stanton F. Fink. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mammuthus_africanavus.JPG

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The African Mammoth, Mammuthus africanavus, (literally, "African Ancestor Mammoth"), is among the oldest mammoth species, having first appeared around 4.8 million years ago during the Pliocene. Its fossils have been found in Pliocene deposits in Chad, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.

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