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+# Elephant
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+- An [[animal]].
+- [[go]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant
+  - [[quote]] Three [[species]] are currently recognised: the [[African bush elephant]], the [[African forest elephant]], and the [[Asian elephant]]. Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the order Proboscidea; extinct members include the [[mastodons]].
+- I saw an elephant most recently in our trip to [[Thailand]]; we visited an [[elephant sanctuary]].
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   - [[information as fundamental]]
 - [[st benedict rule for monasteries]]
 - [[Denny Vrandečić]]
+- [[elephant]]
 
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