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Where do Asian elephants come from?
Asian elephants are very alike to African elephants. Asian elephants have smaller ears. African elephants have huge ears. Asian elephants live in Asia, and are smaller than African elephants. African elephants live in Africa. However, they are usually the same color and they both have tusks made of ivory and a trunk for a nose. Now you know how to tell apart African and Asian elephants! There are only between 41,410 and 52,345 in the wild.
Do all elephants look the same?
All elephants do look the same. There are 2 types of elephants, African and Asian. But they don't look the same.
Do Asian and African elephants have the same characteristics?
yes except for their ears.
Which is bigger an African or a asain elephant?
There are three species of elephant, the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant . The biggest noticeable difference is that African elephants have much bigger ears than there Indian counterparts.
How tall do elephants get?
Male African elephants stand at around 10 to 13 feet tall at their shoulder. Female African elephants stand at around 7.2 to 8.5 feet tall at their shoulder. The Average African elephant weighs 2.7 to 6 tonnes. Though the African females are known to weigh approximately the same as their Asian counterparts, African Bulls are known to be much heavier than their Asian brothers.
How tall can elephants get?
Male African elephants stand at around 10 to 13 feet tall at their shoulder. Female African elephants stand at around 7.2 to 8.5 feet tall at their shoulder. Their Asian counterparts are around 1 - 2 feet shorter than them and weigh a few thousand pounds lesser than them. Though the African females are known to weigh approximately the same as their Asian counterparts, African Bulls are known to be much heavier than their Asian brothers.
Are Asian elephants the same as forest elephants?
well Asian animals intend to be a little bit bigger than forest elephants
How tall are female afircan elephants?
Male African elephants stand at around 10 to 13 feet tall at their shoulder. Female African elephants stand at around 7.2 to 8.5 feet tall at their shoulder. The Average African elephant weighs 2.7 to 6 tonnes. Though the African females are known to weigh approximately the same as their Asian counterparts, African Bulls are known to be much heavier than their Asian brothers.
What are the similarities between the Asian and African elephant?
SizeThe African elephant is significantly larger with bulls growing up to 4m tall whereas the biggest Asian males reach no more than 3.5m.WeightAdult African elephants weigh between 4,000-7,500 kg. Asians 3000-6,000 kg.Head ShapeAfrican elephants have fuller more rounded heads. The top of the head is a single dome whereas Asian elephants have a twin domed head with an indent in the middle.The lower lips of the two species also differ being long and tapered in Asian elephants and short and round in Africans.Size of the EarsIt is said that you can tell where an elephant comes from by looking at the size of his ears. African ears are like a map of Africa and Asian ears smaller like the shape of India. African ears are much bigger and reach up and over the neck which does not occur in Asian elephants.SkinAfrican elephant's skin is more wrinkledRibsIn general African elephants have more ribs than the Asian though the number of ribs varies in individual animals. African elephants have up to 21 pairs, Asians up to 20.TusksAll African elephants, male and female whereas only some male Asian elephants have tusks. Africans generally have the bigger tusks. About 50% of female Asian elephants and a small percentage of males have small tusk like teeth known as tushes.TeethThe lamella profile along the top of the molar teeth of the two species is different with ridges on Asian's teeth being more tightly compressed.The TrunkThe African elephant's trunk is visibly more heavily ringed and is not as hard as the Asian trunk.The trunk tip is a major difference between the species. The African trunk has two distinct fingers which it uses to pick up and manipulate objects. The Asian elephant has only one 'finger'. The Asian compensates for this by holding objects against the underside of the trunk and appears not to suffer from any lack of maneuverability.ToenailsToenails in the two different species of African elephants vary. As they do between the African and Asian elephants.African forest elephant 5 nails on front feet 4 on the backAfrican savanna elephant 4 nails on front feet 3 on the backAsian elephant 5 nails on front fee 4 on the back (rarely 5)DietAlthough both species of elephant eat a wide variety of plant matter, in genral term the Asian elephant's diet is made up of a greater proportion of grass and the African's of leaves.
How tall is an elephants?
Elephants are known to be the largest land animals, with adult African elephants reaching heights of 10-13 feet at the shoulder, and adult Asian elephants reaching heights of 8-10 feet at the shoulder.
How tall all elephants are?
Male African elephants stand at around 10 to 13 feet tall at their shoulder. Female African elephants stand at around 7.2 to 8.5 feet tall at their shoulder. Their Asian counterparts are around 1 - 2 feet shorter than them and weigh a few thousand pounds lesser than them. Though the African females are known to weigh approximately the same as their Asian counterparts, African Bulls are known to be much heavier than their Asian brothers.
How tall are Large bull elephants?
Male African elephants stand at around 10 to 13 feet tall at their shoulder. Female African elephants stand at around 7.2 to 8.5 feet tall at their shoulder. Their Asian counterparts are around 1 - 2 feet shorter than them and weigh a few thousand pounds lesser than them. Though the African females are known to weigh approximately the same as their Asian counterparts, African Bulls are known to be much heavier than their Asian brothers.
