What are the various elephant species?

Answer 1

Familia: Elephantidae

Genus: Loxodonta

Species: †L. adaurora - L. africana - †L. angammensis - †L. atlantica - L. cyclotis - †L. exoptata

Genus: Elephas

Species: †E. antiquus - †E. beyeri - †E. celebensis - †E. ekorensis - †E. falconeri - E. maximus - †E. planifrons - †E. platycephalus - †E. recki

Species with crosses are extinct.

E. Maximus is the Asian elephant L. africana is the bush elephant. L. cyclotis is the forest elephant.
There are currently 3 living species of elephant - in Africa, the Bush or Savannah Elephant and the Forest Elephant and, in Asia, the Asian Elephant (which has four, possibly five, known subspecies).
The three species of elephant living today are:

-African Bush Elephants (Savanna)

- African Forest Elephants

-Asian Elephants (also known as the Indian Elephant)
African and Asian. As their names suggest, one lives in Africa, and one lives in Asia. The African elephant has larger ears, and the Asian elephant has a bump on top of its head. Both of these species are endangered, although the African is endangered because of poaching, the Asian because of habitat loss.
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African and Indian.
Only two genera, Loxodonta (African elephants) and Elephas (Asiatic elephants), are living.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephantidae
There are two universally recognized species of elephant, the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
African and Indian. African Elephants have bigger ears and more grey skin. Indian Elephants have smaller ears and darker, more brown skin.