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• n  the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

• holotype

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• Centuries-old elephant imposter unmasked
  Through state-of-the-art ancient DNA and protein research and an extensive investigation of historical literature, researchers have determined a 300-year-old type specimen for Asian elephants is actually an African elephant.
  Nov. 5, 2013 - Science Daily
• Researchers unmask centuries-old elephant imposter
  ( Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ) Through state-of-the-art ancient DNA and protein research and an extensive investigation of historical literature, researchers have determined a 300-year-old type specimen for Asian elephants is actually an African elephant.
  Nov. 5, 2013 - EurekAlert!