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What is an elephant's species?

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8y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

An elephant is related to mamoths and many different kinds of elephants. The African elephant is Loxodonta Africana and the Asian elephant is Elephas maximus. Some authorities also distinguish the African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclosis.

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