1989-68-24
09:35 ESB GS
852 5 868 4879
P.09
Annex AIT
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA
SEVENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
Lausanne (Switzerland), 9. 20 October 1989
AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION
US.
A. PROPOSAL
Transfer of Loxodonta
Appendix II to Appendix I of the Convention.
B.
PROPONENT
africana from
Somali Democratic Republic
C.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
1
Taxonomy
11.
Class
Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
12. Order
13. Family: Elephantidaa
14.
Species: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
includes subspecies L.a.africana the savanna elephant, and L.a.cyclotis the forest elephant. The pygmy elephant
་
(L.a. pumilio) is generally not accepted as a valid subspecies.
15. Common names:
French
English
African elaphant
Elephant d'Afrique
Spanish Elefante africano
Kiswahili - Tembo, Ndovu
German
Afrikanischer Elefant
Afrikaans Olifant
16. Code numbers: ISIS $301415001002001001
WILDUFE
DEPART
MANGE A
NATIONAL