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The African forest elephant was long considered to be a subspecies of the African elephant, together with the African bush elephant. Morphological and DNA analysis showed that they are two distinct species. [4] [5] The taxonomic status of the African pygmy elephant (Loxodonta pumilio) was uncertain for a long time.
African bush elephants' consumption of woody plants, particularly their habit of uprooting trees, has the ability to alter the local environment, transforming woodlands into grasslands. [47] African bush elephants also at times consume fruit and serve as seed dispersers. [48] Adults can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of food per day. [49]
There are currently around 415,000 African elephants in the world (African bush and African forest combined), but there are only approximately 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants left.
In 2012 alone, 13,607 elephants were poached in Central Africa, and 8,515 elephants were poached in East Africa. Illegal poaching for African elephants has increased noticeably in 2008 and correlates with an increase in price for local black market ivory and with increased findings of illegal ivory headed to China.
It is estimated that 415,000 wild African elephants are alive today. Asian elephants are on the decline too, with an estimate of only 30,000 left in 2017. They are still being poached in some ...
Tonka, the last remaining African elephant at Zoo Knoxville, has died. The 46-year-old elephant was “humanely euthanized” May 8, according to the zoo. Tonka had been at Zoo Knoxville for 43 ...
Satao was an African elephant that lived in Tsavo East National Park, one of the largest wildlife parks in the world with a large population of elephants.He was thought to have been born during the late 1960s and to have been at least 45 years old when he was killed.
After drinking, the elephants died within about 88 hours of exposure. “We identified 20 waterholes near fresh carcasses that experienced increased algal bloom events in 2020 compared to the ...