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  2. Megafauna - Wikipedia

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    The African bush elephant (foreground), Earth's largest extant land animal, and the Masai ostrich (background), one of Earth's largest extant birds. In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is ...

  3. List of extant megaherbivores - Wikipedia

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    African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) The African forest elephant is the smallest species of elephants. It is native to West Africa and the Congo Basin. It is one of two species of African elephants, the other being the African bush elephant. [13] Its trunk has two finger-like processes and contains about 40–60,000 muscles. [14]

  4. Megaherbivore - Wikipedia

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    As part of the Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions, 80% of megaherbivore species became extinct, with megaherbivores becoming entirely extinct in Europe, Australia and the Americas. Recent megaherbivores include elephants, rhinos, hippos, and giraffes. There are nine extant species of terrestrial megaherbivores living in Africa and Asia.

  5. Mormyridae - Wikipedia

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    The shape and structure of these leads to the popular name "elephant-nosed fish" for those species with particularly prominent mouth extensions. The extensions to the mouthparts usually consist of a fleshy elongation attached to the lower jaw. They are flexible, and equipped with touch, and possibly taste, sensors.

  6. Elephant - Wikipedia

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    The position of the limbs and leg bones allows an elephant to stand still for extended periods of time without tiring. Elephants are incapable of turning their manus as the ulna and radius of the front legs are secured in pronation. [72] Elephants may also lack the pronator quadratus and pronator teres muscles or have very small ones. [74]

  7. 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 ...

  8. From megafauna to anchovies, the St. Johns River is ... - AOL

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    From large to small, the St Johns River off Florida's coast is home to the large manatees and dolphins to small fish, crabs and shrimp. From megafauna to anchovies, the St. Johns River is swimming ...

  9. Big five game - Wikipedia

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    The big five. In Africa, the Big five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo. [1] The term was coined by big-game hunters to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot, [2] [3] [4] but is now more widely used by game viewing tourists and safari tour operators.