作　　者： ; (李冀）;

机构地区： 陕西师范大学西北历史环境与经济社会发展研究中心

出　　处： 《地球环境学报》 2010年第2期114-121,共8页

摘　　要： 长期以来,学界将先秦时期生存在我国北方的野象默认为属于现生亚洲象(Elephas maximus)这个种,且针对其环境指示意义有过不少讨论。然而,这些"野象"究竟是何种类,在理论上尚存疑点。本文指出,考虑到亚洲象有限的环境适应能力,尤其是它们对于低温的极端敏感,现有理由认为:我国古代北方有无野生亚洲象生存尚属可疑,当时华北地区的野生长鼻类种群,亦可能属于某种古菱齿象(Palaeoloxodon)类。 It can be proved that： in the pre-Qin Period, there once were wild elephants lived in North China. For a long time, it was believed that all of these elephants were belonged to the species Elephas maximus. So, many scholars suggested this phenomenon could show a much higher temperature at that time. But there still exist some doubts, such as, how could the Elephas bear the cold winter of North China？ As the research of Chinese Historical Climate has already indicated, most of the parts of North China in the Megathermal Maximum were still controlled by the climate of the Temperate Zone, not the Tropics. This paper makes an analysis about the accurate species of the so-called ＂wild elephants＂, and suggests that these elephants could be belonged to one of the species of Palaeoloxodon, not Elephas maximus.

关 键 词： 野象 亚洲象 古菱齿象 历史气候

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