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Yes, female African elephants have tusks, too.

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Are African elephant calfs with or without tusks?

African elephant calves are typically born without tusks. Tusks start to grow around the age of two and continue to develop as the elephant matures. Both male and female African elephants can have tusks.


How can you tell if a African elephant is a male or female?

Probably by their genitals. Or the shape of their tusks.


Do elephants have tusks?

Yes and no. Both genders of the African elephants have tusks but the female Asian elephant does not have tusks, unlike the male Asian elephant.


What elephant has long curved tusks?

The African elephant


What are female elephants tusks called?

Female elephant tusks are called tusks. It is the same for males and females.


Which elephants have horns?

First elephants don't have horns they have tusks. Both male and female African, bush and forest, have tusks. A female (cow) African bush and forest elephant's tusk grows at about 5 inches every year. A male (bull) African bush, forest tusks grow at 7 inches a year. However, most of their tusks get worn down from digging, fighting, and by rubbing them on tree bark. Asian elephant cow don't have tusks but bulls do.


What does an African elephant use for defense?

their tusks


What is the name for a females elephant tusks?

They are known as tusks. There is no difference in the name from male to female.


The front teeth of an elephant are called tusks True or false?

For African male and female elephants, the statement is true. In Asian elephants, the statement is also true, with the exception that a few female Asian elephants do not develop tusks.


How was the endangerment of the African elephant caused?

African elephants are endangered because of poachers hunting ivory from the elephant's tusks


What is the thert to the African elephant?

If you meant to say threat, the people are taking elephant's tusks.


How does the African elephant protect itsself from enemies?

By using its tusks.