African elephant
Loxodonta africana / African elephant
- Habitat
- open landscapes such as savannahs and semi-deserts, gallery forests
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- Grasses, leaves, roots, fruits
- Gestation/breeding period
- 22 months
- Mode of life
- Family structure with lead cow, bulls solitary
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Proboscidea
Key facts
~ 3.5 m
size
~ 7 t
weight
~ 60 years
age
How endangered are African elephants?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
- Least concern
- Near threatened
-
Vulnerable Vulnerable - Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The African elephant already weighs more than 100 kilograms at birth.
African elephant on the zoo tour
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