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An African elephant’s ears are extremely large and billowing, while Asian elephant’s ears are smaller and look crumpled. An African elephant’s trunk is very different from an Asian elephant ...
In 1907, Richard Lydekker proposed six African elephant subspecies based on the different sizes and shapes of their ears. [14] They are all considered synonymous with the African bush elephant. [1] A third species, the West African elephant, has also been proposed but needs confirmation.
In 2008, the IUCN Red List assessed the African elephant (then considered as a single species) as vulnerable. Since 2021, the African bush elephant has individually been assessed Endangered, after the global population was found to have decreased by more than 50% over 3 generations. [113] About 70% of its range is located outside protected ...
African bush elephant with ears spread in a threat or attentive position and visible blood vessels Elephant ear flaps, or pinnae , are 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) thick in the middle with a thinner tip and supported by a thicker base.
WWF.com explains that African Savanna (Bush), African Forest, and Asian elephants can be told apart simply by looking at their ears, "The ears of African elephants are much larger than their ...
Articles related to the African elephants (genus Loxodonta), a group comprising two living elephant species, the African bush elephant (L. africana) and the smaller African forest elephant (L. cyclotis). Both are social herbivores with grey skin.
African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that documents alarming population ...
Carthaginian frescoes [4] and coins minted by whoever controlled North Africa at various times show very small elephants, perhaps 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) at the shoulder, with the large ears and concave back typical of modern African elephants. The North African elephant was smaller than the modern African bush elephant (L. a. africana ...