African bush elephant
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The African bush elephant, also known as the African savanna elephant, is a species of elephant native to sub-Saharan Africa and the largest living terrestrial animal, with fully grown bulls reaching
178 Male African bush elephant in Etosha National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
Skeletal diagram of an African bush elephant bull (Jumbo) in side-on view compared to a human
Molar of an adult African bush elephant
Elephant family in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Proboscidea
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Proboscidea is a taxonomic order of Afrothere paenungulate mammals described by J. Illiger in 1811. It encompasses the elephants and their extinct relatives. Three living species of elephant are curre
African bush elephant
…Endangered (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Proboscidea Family: Elephantidae Genus: Loxodonta Species: L. africana Binomial name Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) Subspecies See text Range of the African…
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Skeleton of the American mastodon, Mammut americanum (Mammutidae)
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