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Records about Diploe from the Gajah Glossary at https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf Diploe: Pneumatized bone containing air cells making the bone light-weight, yet strong; honey-combed bone. In elephants, the Skull especially is of this form.

M. Philip Kahl and Charles Santiapillai, Gajah Elephant Glossary, Gajah nr 23 (2004), Journal for Asian Elephant Specialist Group

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2024). Diploe. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=80. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Records about Diploe from the Gajah Glossary, https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf

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