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African Elephant
Title: African Elephant
Category: Science & Technology
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African Elephant
The common name is the African Elephant, the scientific name is Loxodonta
Africana, the phylum is Vertebrata, the class is Mammalia, the order is Proboscidea,
and the family is Elephantidae. The Closest Relatives to the African Elephant are: the
Asian Elephant, mammoths, primitive proboscidean (mastodons), sea cows, and
hyraxes. Scientists believe that the African Elephant evolved from one of its closest
relatives, the Sea Cow.
The geographical location and range of the African elephant covers …showed first 75 words of 1768 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1768 total…about the elephant, such as their diet and
geographical location and range.
Norton, Boyd. The African Elephant: Last Days of Eden.
Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1991.
This source gave us information on population figures, poaching, natural disasters,
and birth control methods.
Overbeck, Cynthia. Elephants.
Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1983
This source gave us information on the family groups of elephants, and on their
methods of communication, and also detail about their tusks, and trunks as defensive
mechanisms.
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