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
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.
The African bush elephant is the largest elephant species, with males reaching nearly eleven feet tall and weighing to six tons or more. The Asian elephant and African forest elephant are roughly the same size, to nine feet or more in height, and up to four tons.
The African elephant had up to 20 ribs and 34 caudle vertebrae. They can have a shoulder height of eight to nine foot.
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.
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.
The Asian Elephant has the smallest ears, of the current existing species (African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, and Asian Elephant or Indian Elephant). However, when alive, the Mammoths had the smallest ears.
The African bush elephant is noticeably taller than an Asian elephant.
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The African elephant weighs up to 6300kg and is about 3.2 to 4 metres tall.
The African bush elephant is the largest elephant species, with males reaching nearly eleven feet tall and weighing to six tons or more. The Asian elephant and African forest elephant are roughly the same size, to nine feet or more in height, and up to four tons.
The African elephant had up to 20 ribs and 34 caudle vertebrae. They can have a shoulder height of eight to nine foot.
The african bush elephant in weight The reticulated giraffe in height
The worlds largest elephant was shot in angolia in 1956. The elephant weighed about 12,000 kilograms (26,000 lb) and had a shoulder height of about 4.2m (14 ft) and was aprox a metre taller than the average African Elephant.
The length of an adult African elephant is between 5,5 to 6,4 metres. They can reach a height of up to 4 metres. The bull elephant weighs approximately 5 500 kilograms and the female 3 600 kilograms. The baby African elephant at birth weights between 90 to 120 kilograms. The African elephant is the largest of all land mammals.
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.
Another African elephant?
Length: 6 to 7.5m Shoulder height: 3.3m Weight: 6 tonnes