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African elephant
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African elephant

African elephant - an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks

Loxodonta africana

elephant - five-toed pachyderm

genus Loxodonta, Loxodonta - a genus of Elephantidae

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genus Loxodonta

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Loxodonta africana

There are no African elephants in the Asian forest.

PUBLIC FORUM by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The difference suggests that African elephants were the first modern species to split from the main branch of the elephant family tree.

From mammoth to modern elephant by Sohn, Emily / Science News for Kids

For example, almost 4,000 African elephants are illegally hunted each year for their prized ivory tusks.

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