| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
| COMMON NAME: | African elephant, savannah elephant |
| KINGDOM: | Animalia |
| PHYLUM: | Chordata |
| CLASS: | Mammalia |
| ORDER: | Proboscidea |
| FAMILY: | Elephantidae |
| GENUS SPECIES: | Loxodonta (slanting tooth) africana (from |
| FAST FACTS |
| DESCRIPTION: | Largest of all land mammals, with large ears, a long trunk, and large tusks |
| SIZE: | 3-4 m (10-13 ft.) tall at shoulder; 6-7.25 m long (20-24 ft.) |
| WEIGHT: | 3200-6400 kg (7000-14000 lb.); females are smaller |
| DIET: | Herbivore that eats all types of vegetation such as grasses, leaves, fruits, and bark |
| GESTATION: | 22-24 months |
| SEXUAL MATURITY: | |
| MALE | 10-20 years (bulls) |
| FEMALE | 10-11 years (cows) |
| LIFE SPAN: | Up to 70 years |
| RANGE: | sub-Saharan Africa; There is a distinct sub-species, the forest elephant, found in the tropical forests of central |
| HABITAT: | Found in forests, grasslands, marshes, scrub, and semi-desert areas |
| POPULATION: | GLOBAL | No data |
| STATUS: | IUCN | Vulnerable |
| CITES | Appendix II | |
| USFWS | Threatened |
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