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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 ...
A 2015 study alternately suggested that fully grown African forest elephant males in optimal condition were only on average 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) tall and 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb) in weight, with the largest individuals (representing less than 1 in 100,000 as a proportion of the total population) no bigger than 2.75 metres (9.0 ft) tall and ...
It is conjectured that about 1,000 elephants historically roamed the Outeniqua/Tsitsikamma area. [2] A 2006 DNA analysis of dung samples revealed the presence of at least 5 cows and possibly some bulls and calves, [1] moving within an area of 60,000 hectares of forest managed by SANParks – the only unfenced elephant group in South Africa ...
The average adult consumes about 150 kg (330 lb) of vegetation and 230 L (51 imp gal; 61 US gal) of water each day. A social animal, the African bush elephant often travels in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or in small bachelor groups.
Sumatran elephants reach a shoulder height of between 2 and 3.2 m (6.6 and 10.5 ft), weigh between 2,000 and 4,000 kg (4,400 and 8,800 lb), and have 20 pairs of ribs. Their skin colour is lighter than of the Sri Lankan elephant and the Indian elephant even with the least depigmentation. [4]
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The upper catchment of Ulu Segama Forest Reserve had the highest density of elephants with 3.69 elephants per 1 km 2 (0.39 sq mi). Only the unprotected central forest area supported an elephant population of more than 1,000 individuals. [10]
The elephants use their trunks to throw dirt on their own backs in the mornings, to act as a sun block throughout the day. In the afternoons, they go to the river to wash off the dirt from their ...