| Elephas beyeri Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Elephas |
| Species: | †E. beyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Elephas beyeri von Koenigwald, 1956
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Elephas beyeri is an extinct species of dwarf elephant known from the Middle Pleistocene.[1] It was named after the anthropologist H. Otley Beyer.[2] The type specimen, a partial molar tooth, was discovered on Cabarruyan Island in the Philippines but has since been lost.
- ^ de Ocampo, Roberto SP. (1983). "Plio-Pleistocene Geology of Bolinao. Pangasinan and Vicinities" (PDF). Geological Papers. 2. National Museum of the Philippines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ Philippine History. Rex Bookstore, Inc. 2004. p. 7. ISBN 9789712339349.