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Satao was an African elephant that lived in Tsavo East National Park, one of the largest wildlife parks in the world with a large population of elephants.He was thought to have been born during the late 1960s and to have been at least 45 years old when he was killed.
Isilo was an African elephant that lived in Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa. "Isilo" means “King” in Zulu. Born during the late 1950s, he was estimated to have been at least 58 years old when he died. [1] [2] Isilo weighed between 6.5 and 7 tonnes. [3] [2] Isilo's tusks were estimated to be more than 3 meters (9 feet) long. The right ...
Isilo of Tembe Elephant Park was one of South Africa’s largest African elephants. Kongad Kuttisankaran, one of the few native elephants born in Kerala to have a height of more than 309 cm. Raja Gaj, bull elephant which lived in the Bardiya National Park, Nepal. He was considered to be one of the world's largest Asian elephants of modern times ...
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The genus contains the largest known species of elephants, over 4 metres (13 ft) tall at the shoulders and over 13 tonnes (29,000 lb) in weight, representing among the largest land mammals ever, including the African Palaeoloxodon recki, the European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) and the South Asian Palaeoloxodon namadicus.
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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 ...
Skeleton belonging to Ahmed on display at Nairobi National Museum. Ahmed (1919–1974) was a Kenyan elephant with unusually large tusks. [1]He spent some of his time in the area of Mount Marsabit, and was the first elephant to be protected under Kenyan presidential decree. [2]