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  2. 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. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] 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 ...

  3. African bush elephant - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. African forest elephant - Wikipedia

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    The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of the two living species of African 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).

  5. Size, Tusks, and Ears: How African and Asian Elephants Differ

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    African elephants are 10-12 feet tall and weigh 8,000-12,000 pounds, while Asian elephants are 7-10 feet tall and weigh 6,000-11,000 pounds. While neither animal is small by any means, African ...

  6. 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.

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

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    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 ...

  8. Elephant - Wikipedia

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    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, [147] and African forest elephants were listed as Critically Endangered in the same ...

  9. Category:African elephants - Wikipedia

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    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.

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