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13 de sept. de 2016 · African elephants can live up to 70 years! Learn more amazing facts about the African Elephant in this video from National Geographic Kids. Subscribe for mo...
African elephants are members of the genus Loxodonta comprising two living elephant species, the African bush elephant (L. africana) and the smaller African forest elephant (L. cyclotis).Both are social herbivores with grey skin, but differ in the size and colour of their tusks and in the shape and size of their ears and skulls.. Both species are considered at heavy risk of extinction on the ...
Elephant facts. 1) There are three different species of elephant – the African Savannah elephant, the African Forest elephant and the Asian elephant. Elephants are known for their large ears, tusks made of ivory and their trunks. 2) Elephants are the world’s largest land animal!
8-10 feet. Weight. 2-5 tons. Habitats. dense tropical forests. African forest elephants are the elusive cousin of the African savanna elephant. They inhabit the dense rainforests of west and central Africa. Their preference for dense forest habitat prohibits traditional counting methods such as visual identification.
Interesting Elephant Facts. 1. Elephants are the largest living land animals on earth. The African bull elephant can grow as large as 13 feet (4 meters) tall, weigh between 4,000-7,500 kg and can have tusks as long as 6.5 feet (2 meters) in length weighing 100 pounds each (45 kg). 2.
The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, in Luanga National Park, Zambia. Elephants are large grey animals with big ears, long noses and ivory tusks. They are the biggest living land mammals. [1] The largest elephant recorded was shot in Angola, 1974. It weighed 27,060 lb (12.27 t) and stood 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) tall.
