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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.
In 2020, the IUCN listed the Asian elephant as endangered due to the population declining by half over "the last three generations". [151] Asian elephants once ranged from Western to East Asia and south to Sumatra. [152] and Java. It is now extinct in these areas, [151] and the current range of Asian elephants is highly fragmented. [152]
African Elephants in Sweetwater National Parks Kenya African Savannah Elephant Elephant crossing the Luvuvhu. The Great Elephant Census—the largest wildlife survey in history—was an African-wide census designed to provide accurate data about the number and distribution of African elephants by using standardized aerial surveys of hundreds of thousands of square miles or terrain in Africa.
According to reports, the African elephant population declined greatly in the 1970s and 1980s due to the ivory trade. Thus, the international trade of elephant ivory was banned in 1989. However ...
A 2015 study alternately suggested that fully grown African forest elephant males in optimal condition were only on average 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) tall and 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb) in weight, with the largest individuals (representing less than 1 in 100,000 as a proportion of the total population) no bigger than 2.75 metres (9.0 ft) tall and ...
Elephant milk contains 100 times more protein compared to the more familiar cow’s milk. An elephant calf nurses its mother on and off throughout the day. In total, they nurse for around an hour ...
In 1987, it was estimated that the African elephant population had declined to 760,000 individuals. In 1989, only 608,000 African elephants were estimated to have survived. [61] In 1989, the Kenyan Wildlife Service burned a stockpile of tusks in protest against the ivory trade. [62]
Botswana is fed up. The country is home to almost a third of the world's savanna elephants, a population that has tripled since 1984, and Botswana is often hailed as a conservation success.. But ...