Elephants have evolved with tusks! They have been hunted by poachers for their tusks, so they have evolved to not have tusks. :)
There are 3 elephant species in the genus loxodonta(African Elephant): African Elephant, African Bush Elephant, and African Forest ElephantThere is only 1 elephant species in the genus Elephas maximus (Asian Elephant), but it can be divided into 4 sub-species.
African elephant
The African elephant is the larger of the two species.
African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus). Some people now think there are three species of Elephant, treating the two races of African Elephant as separate species.
elephant
There is no difference The Asian and Indian elephant is the same species!!
evolution
there are the plains elephant, and the Savannah elephant
the African Elephant ( Loxodonta africana) and the Asian Elephant ( Elephas maximus)
The same species as an Asian elephant
There are actually three species of elephants: Elephas maximus the asiatic elephant Loxodonta africana the savannan or bush elephant Loxodonta cyclotis the forest elephant
There are three types of elephant species alive still. 1 African forest elephant (Africa) (Loxodonta cyclotis) 2 African bush elephant (Africa) (Loxodonta africana) 3 Asian Elephant (Asia) (Elephas maximus) Extinct species are the Mammoth and the Mastodon.