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African Elephants
By Bradi Miller
Sites
Interesting Info
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/elephants/scientific-classification.htm
http://www.africanfauna.com/african-elephant-description
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/elephants/habitat-&-distribution.htm
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/elephants/diet.htm
http://www.elephantconservation.org/elephants/african-elephants/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
KBrmaE82uY4
Reproduction
Habitat
An orphaned will be adopted
by another member of group
When an Elephant find another member
dead, they will use their trunks to smell
and feel the body
Elephants are very social
An elephant head has an extra bone
in the neck and tiny air pockets
for light weight like a bird
They get scared easily
Sexual Reproduction
Direct Development
Internal Fertilization
Vivoparious, Different sexual partners
Age- become fertile at age 10-12 years old
Time- 659 days (22 months.) in womb
Baby- 1 per birth (twins are rare), 3 feet tall
and about 250 lbs at birth
Weaned- between 2-4 years of age
Walk- Calves are precocial
Helpers- have "babysitters" that help
out the mother of baby
Birth- gives birth every 3-6
yrs. in life
Description
Classification
Africa- West and Central
Area- Tropical area, Woodland,
Savannas, and grasslands
Eat- about 330- 375 lbs. a day
Food- Grass, small plants, fruit,
bushes, twigs, bark and roots
Day- spends 80% eating
We are affecting there way
of life and food
supplies
Hight- 3 meters (10 ft.)
Weight- 10,000-12,000 Lbs.
Tusks- Large; Both male and female.
Used for digging and to mark territory
Trunk- Smell, drinking, reach food and
for social interactions (greeting)
Ears- 1 meter (3-4 ft.) hearing and heat
Migration- natural travelers (4mph)
Endo-Exto- Endothermic
Very smart and playful
Left- 450,000- 700,000
ENDANGERED
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Mammalia
Order- Proboscidae- "proboscis" trunk
Family- Eliphantidae- "elephas" ivory
Genus- Loxodonta
Species- africana
Fossil Record- Only living order of
Proboscidae living today