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African forest elephants in a waterhole Group of African forest elephants digging at a mineral lick A female with her calf drinking from a spring. The African forest elephant lives in family groups. Groups observed in the rain forest of Gabon's Lopé National Park between 1984 and 1991 comprised between three and eight individuals. [27]
The above video highlights an Indian elephant, a subspecies of the Asian elephant.Approximately 15% of the world’s wild Indian elephants live in Thailand.Around half of Thailand’s elephants ...
The population of rainforest elephants was lower than anticipated, at around 214,000 individuals. Between 1977 and 1989, elephant populations declined by 74% in East Africa. After 1987, losses in elephant numbers hastened, and savannah populations from Cameroon to Somalia experienced a decline of 80%. African forest elephants had a total loss ...
The upper catchment of Ulu Segama Forest Reserve had the highest density of elephants with 3.69 elephants per 1 km 2 (0.39 sq mi). Only the unprotected central forest area supported an elephant population of more than 1,000 individuals.
But have you ever wondered if elephants are endangered? Well, unfortunately, these huge animals — the largest land mammals in the world — are in a fight for survival. They face several threats ...
In 2010, four skinned elephants were found in a forest in Myanmar; 26 elephants were killed by poachers in 2013 and 61 in 2016. According to the NGO Elephant Family, Myanmar is the main source of elephant skin, where a poaching crisis has developed rapidly since 2010. [110]
Desert elephants at the dried up Huab River in Namibia Female spraying sand to keep cool while standing guard over her calf, Damaraland, Namibia. Desert elephants or desert-adapted elephants are not a distinct species of elephant but are African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) that have made their homes in the Namib and Sahara deserts in Africa.
Both African elephant species live in family units comprising several adult cows, their daughters and their subadult sons. Each family unit is led by an older cow known as the matriarch. [33] [34] African forest elephant groups are less cohesive than African bush elephant groups, probably because of the lack of predators. [34]