Elephas beyeri
| Elephas beyeri Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
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| Photographs of the now lost holotype and only known specimen, viewed from above (top) and from the side (below) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 elephantid known from the Middle Pleistocene of the Philippines. It was named after the anthropologist H. Otley Beyer. The type and only known specimen, a partial cheek tooth, was discovered on Cabarruyan Island off the coast of Luzon, but has since been lost.