African elephants are elephants of the genus Loxodonta, from Greek λοξός ("loxós" 'slanting, crosswise, oblique sided') + ὀδούς ("odoús", stem odónt-, 'tooth').
 The genus consists of two extant species: the African bush elephant, "L. africana", and the smaller African forest elephant, "L. cyclotis".
 "Loxodonta" is one of two existing genera of the family Elephantidae.
 Fossil remains of "Loxodonta" have been found only in Africa, in strata as old as the middle Pliocene.
 However, sequence analysis of DNA extracted from fossils of an extinct elephant species undermines the validity of the genus.
For centuries, tales depicting the existence of the Beaman Monster in Kansas City have circulated.
 However, there is no proof that such a creature exists.
 The common tale stipulates that in 1904, a circus train derailed.
 During the crash, its animals escaped, but were quickly retrieved.
 Unfortunately, one of the biggest and most-feared animals, a "12-foot-tall gorilla" had eluded capture.
 The tales claim that the Beaman Monster was the offspring of the circus animal escapee.
Dick Chipperfield, Richard Chipperfield (21 September 1904 - 3 March 1988) was a circus animal trainer and circus owner, of the Chipperfield's Circus dynasty.
Circus in the Circus (Czech: "Cirkus v cirkuse" ; Russian: Соло для слона с орекстром ) is a Czechoslovakian-Soviet comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský and released in 1976.
 The story takes place in the Big State Circus in Moscow where two international groups arrive simultaneously: a jury searching for outstanding numbers for the World Circus festival and a delegation of animal language scientists.
 The film was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
 All circus acts were performed by Moscow and Zaporizhia circus troupes.
Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters, also known as Pipe Creek Wild Animal Farm and Circus Winter Headquarters, is a historic circus complex and national historic district located at Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana.
 The district encompasses five contributing buildings, three contributing sites, three contributing structures, and seven contributing objects related to the circus headquarters.
 Most notable are the Terrell Jacobs Cat Barn (1939, 1951), Terrell Jacobs Elephant Barn (1945, 1950), and the Circus Drive-In Restaurant (1967).
 Other notable contributing resources are the Elephant Rock (1901, 1940), Jacobs Bridge (c. 1940), six Cole Brothers Circus Wagons (c. 1950), creek landscape and Wallace Grotto (1944-1949), and the wild animal graveyard (c. 1945-1970).
 The property was the site of the birth of , a captive white tiger.
Hanno Coldam (real name Heinz Matloch: 25 October 1932 – 13 April 1992) was a Circus Animal Trainer from East Germany.
 With his wife and daughter, he specialised in lions, tigers
Chaplin's Circus is a touring U.K. circus, established in 2012 by Gary Stocker and Mark Foot.
 It is a narrative-driven performance which incorporates both pantomime with traditional circus skills and tells the story of a 1920s circus "on the brink of bankruptcy that is saved by an inventor who builds the world's first human cannon".
 Chaplin's Circus is an animal and clown-free circus.
Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916) was a five-ton Asian elephant, also known as "Murderous Mary", who performed in the "Sparks World Famous Shows" circus.
 After killing a trainer in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in nearby Erwin, Tennessee, in 1916.
 Her death is sometimes interpreted as a cautionary tale of circus animal abuse during the early 20th century.
Tyke (1974 – August 20, 1994) was an African elephant from Mozambique who performed with Circus International of Honolulu, Hawaii.
 On August 20, 1994, during a performance at the Neal Blaisdell Center, she killed her trainer, Allen Campbell, and seriously injured her groomer, Dallas Beckwith.
 Tyke then bolted from the arena and ran through the streets of the Kakaako central business district for more than thirty minutes.
 Unable to calm the elephant, local police eventually opened fire on the animal, which eventually collapsed from the wounds and died.
 While the majority of the attack in the arena was recorded on consumer videotape by several spectators, additional professional video footage captured the attack on local publicist Steve Hirano and the shooting of Tyke herself (both of which took place outside of the building).
Allen Campbell (December 30, 1956 - August 20, 1994) was a zookeeper and elephant trainer and handler in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida before moving to work in the Baton Rouge Zoo in the mid-1970s as the elephant keeper and trainer.
 He also ran the first elephant ride there.
 He advanced elephant care at the Baton Rouge Zoo by insisting that all of the elephants not just should but must be fed and watered and their enclosure cleaned every night as well as every day.
 He usually did this himself and was known to be a workaholic.
 He contracted to run the elephant ride and provide a baby elephant mascot for the Denver Zoo in 1986.
 He worked as an elephant consultant for many zoos including the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
 He was heavily influenced by circus trainer Rex Williams and his life's ambition was to have a circus elephant act.
 He eventually worked as an elephant trainer for The Hawthorn Corporation.
 Campbell was crushed to death on August 20, 1994, at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, after attempting to save fellow co-worker Dallas Beckwith from the performing elephant "Tyke", who had run amok.
 This is the same elephant that, according to USDA and Canadian law enforcement documents, while performing with Tarzan Zerbini Circus, "The elephant handler was observed beating the elephant in public to the point [where] the elephant was screaming and bending down on three legs to avoid being hit.
 Even when the handler walked by the elephant after this, the elephant screamed and veered away, demonstrating fear from his presence."

Question: Tyke was perforning circus animal that belongs to what genus?
Answer: Loxodonta