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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 ...
The genus consists of the wide-ranging Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), which is restricted to moist tropical habitats. The map does not distinguish between the two.
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
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 ...
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]
At the Dzanga saline Bai (a forest clearing), more than 4000 elephants have been counted and identified over the past years. From a platform at the edge of this Bai, visitors get the chance to observe between 30 and 150 elephants at any one time! Date: 23 October 2015, 15:24: Source: Forest Elephant: Author: Joris Komen
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]
KEY: (1.) African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants. (2.) An Asian elephant has a twin-domed head with an indent in the middle and African elephants have a fuller and more rounded head. (3.) All African elephants, males and females, have tusks, for as a small percentage of male and female Asian elephants have tusks. (4.) An ...