Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
African elephants are endangered, and their natural habitats are fragmented. Found in central and eastern Africa, those that venture outside of protected borders are likely to be killed by ...
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 ...
range map of the African Elephant (Loxodonta): that includes the Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), and colonial borders. Date: 16 May 2007: Source: self-made, based on data from the African Elephant Status Report of w:IUCN (known range) Author: Bamse: Other versions: distribution map with labels
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 .
An international conservation organization has listed African elephants as critically endangered after a sharp population decline.
[2] [5] Other names for this animal include the North African forest elephant, [6] [7] Carthaginian elephant, [5] [8] and Atlas elephant. [ citation needed ] Its natural range probably extended along the coast of the Red Sea , in what is now Egypt , Sudan , and Eritrea , [ 7 ] [ 5 ] but it may have extended further across northern Africa.
Elephants can exhibit bouts of aggressive behaviour and engage in destructive actions against humans. [175] In Africa, groups of adolescent elephants damaged homes in villages after cullings in the 1970s and 1980s. Because of the timing, these attacks have been interpreted as vindictive.
Desert elephants at the dried up Huab River in Namibia Female spraying sand to keep cool while standing guard over her calf, Damaraland, Namibia. Desert elephants or desert-adapted elephants are not a distinct species of elephant but are African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) that have made their homes in the Namib and Sahara deserts in Africa.