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2. Elephant - Wikipedia

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   Three species of living elephants are recognised; the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). [8] African elephants were traditionally considered a single species, Loxodonta africana, but molecular studies have affirmed their status as separate species.

3. Elephantidae - Wikipedia

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   Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths. These are large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most genera and species in the family are extinct. Only two genera, Loxodonta (African elephants) and Elephas (Asian elephants), are ...

4. List of elephant species by population - Wikipedia

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   Common name Binomial name/Trinomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image African bush elephant: Loxodonta africana: 352,000 [1]: EN [1] [1]The population has been reduced dramatically (african elephant populations in 18 countries declined by ~30%) since a mass ivory sell off by southern african countries in the early 2000's to present time.

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

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   An obvious difference between African elephants and Asian elephants is their genera.These are two different species, with African elephants belonging to the genius Loxodonta and Asian elephants ...

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

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   A population estimate by conservationists conducted separately from this study put the two species combined at between 415,000 and 540,000 elephants as of 2016, the last year of the study period.

7. African elephant - Wikipedia

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   African elephants are members of the genus Loxodonta 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. However, they differ in the size and colour of their tusks as well as the shape and size of their ears and skulls.

8. Poaching and Habitat Loss: The Dual Threats to Elephant ... - AOL

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   There are three species of elephants — the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. African bush elephants are the largest species and inhabit sub-Saharan ...

9. 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). As with other African elephants, both sexes have straight ...