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Satao was an African elephant that lived in Tsavo East National Park, one of the largest wildlife parks in the world with a large population of elephants.He was thought to have been born during the late 1960s and to have been at least 45 years old when he was killed.
The genus contains the largest known species of elephants, over 4 metres (13 ft) tall at the shoulders and over 13 tonnes (29,000 lb) in weight, representing among the largest land mammals ever, including the African Palaeoloxodon recki, the European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) and the South Asian Palaeoloxodon namadicus.
Isilo was an African elephant that lived in Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa. "Isilo" means “King” in Zulu. Born during the late 1950s, he was estimated to have been at least 58 years old when he died. [1] [2] Isilo weighed between 6.5 and 7 tonnes. [3] [2] Isilo's tusks were estimated to be more than 3 meters (9 feet) long. The right ...
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Members of the species were larger than any living elephant. A large mostly complete male specimen of P. recki atavus [3] from Koobi Fora, Kenya, suggested to have been approximately 40 years old when it died, was estimated in a 2016 study to have measured 4.27 metres (14.0 ft) tall at the shoulder and weighed 12.3 tonnes (27,000 lb), [10] with the tusks of some P. recki individuals reaching 4 ...
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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. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] 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 ...
The Magnificent Seven Elephants were seven bull elephants who lived in Kruger National Park in South Africa through the 1980s. [1] [2] They were so-named for the impressive 50 kg of ivory in their tusks. [3] In 1980, park management decided to promote the seven elephants to showcase their conservation accomplishments.