Stegoloxodon

Stegoloxodon
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
Tusk of Stegoloxodon celebensis from Sangihe, North Sulawesi, on display in the Bandung Geological Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Stegoloxodon
Kretzoi, 1950
Species
  • S. celebensis (Hooijer, 1949)
  • S. indonesicus Kretzoi, 1590

Stegoloxodon is an extinct genus of dwarf elephant known from the Early Pleistocene of Indonesia. It contains two species, S. indonesicus from Java, and S. celebensis from Sulawesi. Its relationship with other elephants is uncertain.