elephants

elephants

Elephant is the generic and popular term for which they are called members of the Elephantidae family, a group of proboscídeos elefantídeos mammals, large, of which there are three species in the world today, two African (Loxodonta sp.) And Asian (Elephas sp .). There are still mammoths (Mammuthus sp.), Now extinct. Until recently, it was believed that there were only two living species of elephants, the African elephant and the Asian Elephant, a smaller species. However, recent DNA studies suggest that there were actually two species of African elephant: Loxodonta africana, the savannah, and Loxodonta cyclotis, who lives in the woods. Elephants are the largest land animals of today, with a mass between 4 to 6 tons and measuring on average four meters high, can lift up to 10,000 kg. Its most distinctive features are the ivory tusks.

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