African bush elephant
(Loxodonta africana)[] | |
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| Species ID: | 3-46-326-2413-15060 |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Loxodonta |
| Conservation status: | VU - Vulnerable |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Links: | IUCN Red List |
Other names[]
- African savanna elephant
Diet[]
- Grasses
- Herbs
- Leaves
- Bark
- Fruits
- Seeds
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]
Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- AT0101 Albertine Rift montane forests
- AT0103 Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
- AT0108 East African montane forests
- AT0109 Eastern Arc forests
- AT0112 Ethiopian montane forests
- AT0115 Knysna-Amatole montane forests
- AT0116 KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0119 Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0121 Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests
- AT0122 Niger Delta swamp forests
- AT0124 Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
- AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0126 Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
- AT0128 Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0203 Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
- AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
- AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
- AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
- AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0708 Itigi-Sumbu thicket
- AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0710 Mandara Plateau mosaic
- AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna
- AT0714 Serengeti volcanic grasslands
- AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0718 Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
- AT0723 Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
- AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0901 East African halophytics
- AT0902 Etosha Pan halophytics
- AT0903 Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna
- AT0904 Lake Chad flooded savanna
- AT0905 Saharan flooded grasslands
- AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
- AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT0908 Zambezian halophytics
- AT1001 Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1002 Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
- AT1003 Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1005 East African montane moorlands
- AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1007 Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1008 Ethiopian montane moorlands
- AT1009 Highveld grasslands
- AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1013 Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands
- AT1014 South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1015 Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1201 Albany thickets
- AT1202 Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1203 Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- AT1303 East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
- AT1304 Eritrean coastal desert
- AT1305 Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
- AT1307 Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
- AT1309 Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1310 Kaokoveld desert
- AT1313 Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
- AT1314 Nama Karoo
- AT1315 Namib desert
- AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1319 Somali montane xeric woodlands
- AT1322 Succulent Karoo
- PA0905 Saharan halophytics
- PA1212 Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets
- PA1213 Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
- PA1214 Mediterranean woodlands and forests
- PA1321 North Saharan steppe and woodlands
- PA1329 South Saharan steppe and woodlands
- PA1331 Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
- PA1332 West Saharan montane xeric woodlands