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All three species of elephants are considered to be endangered on some level. ©adogslifephoto/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images All three species of elephants are classified as endangered.
There are approximately 415,000 African elephants left in the world. The World Wildlife Foundation said that, in 2016, experts estimated their population had fallen by 111,000 over the course of a ...
According to the IUCN, all elephant species are endangered. African forest elephants are listed as critically endangered , while African savanna and Asian elephants have been listed as endangered.
Elephants replace their teeth four to six times in their lifetimes. At around 40 to 60 years of age, the elephant loses the last of its molars and will likely die of starvation which is a common cause of death. African elephants have 24 teeth in total, six on each quadrant of the jaw.
African bush elephants and Asian elephants are listed as endangered and African forest elephants as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). One of the biggest threats to elephant populations is the ivory trade, as the animals are poached for their ivory tusks.
The pre-eminent threats to the Asian elephant today are habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation, which are driven by an expanding human population, and lead in turn to increasing conflicts between humans and elephants when elephants eat or trample crops. Hundreds of people and elephants are killed annually as a result of such conflicts. [12]
The two species had previously been grouped together as a single species and were classified as vulnerable by the IUCN. Africa's elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss Skip to main content
CEC logo. The Center for Elephant Conservation (CEC) is a 200-acre (0.81 km 2) breeding farm and retirement facility for elephants in Polk City, Florida, opened inThe CEC is solely sponsored by Feld Entertainment, the holding company which operated the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus [1] from the 1960s until 2017.