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The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of the two living species of African elephant, along with the African bush elephant. It is native to humid tropical forests in West Africa and the Congo Basin. It is the smallest of the three living elephant species, reaching a shoulder height of 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in). As with other African ...
About the size of a domestic cat they are well-furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail. They are native to Africa and the Middle East. ... African forest ...
African forest elephants are listed as critically endangered, while African savanna and Asian elephants have been listed as endangered. Since 1965, about 60% of African savanna elephants have been ...
A family of African forest elephants in the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve wetlands. This species is considered to be critically endangered. African bush elephants were listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2021, [145] and African forest elephants were listed as Critically Endangered in the same ...
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 ...
The African forest elephant is considerably smaller. Fully grown African forest elephant males in optimal conditions where individuals are capable of reaching full growth potential are estimated to be on average 2.09–2.31 metres (6.9–7.6 ft) tall and 1,700–2,300 kilograms (3,700–5,100 lb) in weight. [31]
African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that documents alarming population ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ghana.Of the mammal species in Ghana, five are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and fourteen are near threatened. [1]The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: