| Range |
~30 %
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| Organism |
African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
| Reference |
Haug H. Brain sizes, surfaces, and neuronal sizes of the cortex cerebri: a stereological investigation of man and his variability and a comparison with some mammals (primates, whales, marsupials, insectivores, and one elephant). Am J Anat. 1987 Oct180(2):126-42 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001800203 p.139 left column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID3673918
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| Primary Source |
Haug H. [The macroscopic structure of the cerebrum. Qualitative and quantitative studies on the brain of humans, dolphins and the elephant]. [Article in German] Ergeb Anat Entwicklungsgesch. 1970 43(4):3-70. |
| Comments |
P.139 left column 3rd paragraph: "Consequently, the thickness of the human Cc [cortex] should be greater than that of mammals with large brains, including the Odontoceti [toothed whales] and the elephant. The relatively low Cc-vo [volume of cortex] of the elephant is due mainly to its very large cerebellum. It has, at about 30%, the largest volume fraction of the cerebellum of all mammals (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
115168 |