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African Savanna Elephant

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SKU: N/A Categories: Species - Endangered, Terrestrial

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Species Name (Scientific): Loxodonta africana

IUCN Category: Endangered

Geographic Range: Sub-Saharan Africa

The African Savanna Elephant, also known as the African Bush Elephant, is the largest land animal on Earth.

Elephants play a crucial role in their ecosystems. They help shape the environment by uprooting trees and creating water holes, which benefits other wildlife species. The African Savanna Elephant is not only an iconic species but also a keystone species essential to maintaining the biodiversity and health of their habitat.

Primary threats: Humans – habitat loss, fragmentation & degradation (logging, mining, farming, development). Illegal killing (ivory, human-elephant conflict). Capture & abduction. Irresponsible tourism. Loss of genetic viability from small population size & isolation.

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~ They are the largest land animal; 4-5m long, 2-4m tall, weighing 4-7tonnes. Males are larger than females.

~ The prehensile tip of their trunk has two finger-like projections (a process); Asian elephants only one.

~ Both sexes have forward pointing, curved ivory tusks, which are the incisors, males larger than the females.

~ They are herbivores, eating bark, roots, branches, grass and leaves. Adults eat up to 160kg/day. They wander, eating for 20 hours, sleeping for ~4 hours per day.

~ A herd is females and offspring, led by a matriarch female. Males are normally solitary or in a group of 3-4, only joining the herd to breed. If a herd member becomes ill they will care for them and when a member dies they will grieve them.

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