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∙ 8y agoIt distinguishes them from Asian (or Indian) elephants, which are a different species. The two are morphologically distinct .
And the word "elephant" is a Greek word for "ivory"
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∙ 14y agoElephants get their names from their trunks
There is a disease called elephantitis, which was named after the elephant. It makes you very fat and you can't lose weight!
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∙ 7y agoBecause the word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning either "ivory" or "elephant",
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What is the name of a sharp light spear made from wood of a southern African tree of the same name?
An assegai is an African spear and also the name of the tree it is derived from The name of the African tree and spear of the same name is Assegai
What is the name of the tree with large elephant ear like leaves?
Catawba
How does African forest elephant use photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
it doesn't use photosynthesis, that is only for plants. Cellular respiration take the sugars in its consumed food and turns it into energy to fulfill actions
The first name of the organism scientific name is?
An example of a scientific name: African wild dog- Lycaon pictusThe first part of a scientific name is called the genus.In the Lycaon example above, Lycaon is the genus.
What do elaphents eat?
Elephants are herbivores, spending 16 hours a day collecting plant food. Their diet is at least 50% grasses, supplemented with leaves, bamboo, twigs, bark, roots, and small amounts of fruits, seeds and flowers. Because elephants only digest 40% of what they eat, they have to make up for their digestive system's lack of efficiency in volume. An adult elephant can consume 140-270 kg (300-600 lb) of food a day. 60% of that food leaves the elephant's body undigested.
What were the name of the African elephant?
It always was the African Elephant
What kind of elephant is the biggest out of Indian and African?
The African elephant has the biggest ears!The type of elephant with the biggest name has the biggest ears, the African elephant (not the Asian elephant). That's how I remember.
What is an African Savannah elephant?
An African Savannah elephant is one of the two species of African elephant, Latin name Loxodonta africana.
What is an African forest elephant?
An African forest elephant is one of the two species of African elephant, Latin name Loxodonta cyclotis.
What is the species name for Africana?
The 'Africana' is the African elephant. Its scientific name is Loxodonta Africana and is in the phylum Chordata. The African elephant is an endangered mammal.
The species name africana is what?
The 'Africana' is the African elephant. Its scientific name is Loxodonta Africana and is in the phylum Chordata. The African elephant is an endangered mammal.
What is the scientific name of the African elephant?
There are 3 species of Elephant, all in the Family Elephantidae of the Order Proboscidea.African Elephant Loxodonta africanaAfrican Forest Elephant Loxodonta cyclotisAsian Elephant Elephas maximus
What is the genus and and species name of an elephant?
the African Elephant ( Loxodonta africana) and the Asian Elephant ( Elephas maximus)
What does the latin name loxodonta africana mean?
it means African savannah elephant The African forest elephant is Loxodonta cyclotis
What is the latin name of an African Elephant?
Elephas maximus Actually, Elephas maximus is the Latin name for an Asian Elephant and it means: huge arch. Because an Asian Elephant has an arched back, and an African elephant has a dip in it's back
How does an African elephant get its name?
Because that's where they live.
What does the African elephant?
Another African elephant?
