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2. African forest elephant - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Poaching and Habitat Loss: The Dual Threats to Elephant ... - AOL

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   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.

4. Hundreds of endangered African elephants suddenly died ... - AOL

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   An aerial view shows endangered African elephants in Botswana’s Okavango Dela. The delta was also where the dead elephants were first spotted in 2020. The mass die-off of hundreds of the animals ...

5. The Critical Role of Elephants in Ecosystem Balance (and What ...

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   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 ...

6. African elephant - Wikipedia

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   The African bush elephant is listed as Endangered and the African forest elephant as Critically Endangered on the respective IUCN Red Lists. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Based on vegetation types that provide suitable habitat for African elephants, it was estimated that in the early 19th century a maximum of 26,913,000 African elephants might have been ...

7. List of mammals of the Gambia - Wikipedia

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   Critically endangered: The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. EN: Endangered: ... African forest elephant, L. cyclotis CR [2] extirpated; Order: ...

8. Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in ... - AOL

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   The savanna elephant populations fell by about 70% on average at the surveyed sites and the forest elephant populations dropped by about 90% on average at the surveyed sites, with poaching and ...

9. List of mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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   African forest elephant in the Congo Basin. The elephants comprise three living species and are the largest living land animals. Family: Elephantidae (elephants) Genus: Loxodonta. African bush elephant, L. africana EN [2] African forest elephant, L. cyclotis CR [3]