seealso African bush elephant automatic taxobox image Loxodontacyclotis.jpg name Africanforestelephant ... Loxodonta cyclotis map.svg range map caption Africanforestelephant range The Africanforestelephant Loxodonta cyclotis is a forest dwelling elephant of the Congo Basin . Formerly considered either a synonym or a subspecies of the African savanna elephant Loxodonta africana , a 2010 study established ... 687 69 pmid 14556388 ref Image AfricanForest Elephant.jpg thumb left Africanforestelephant male in a forest clearing, Gabon. Differences include the Africanforestelephant s long, narrow mandible the African bush elephant s is short and wide , its rounded ears an African bush elephant s ears .... The male Africanforestelephant rarely exceeds 2.5 metres 8 ft in height, while the African ... demand for ivory , the Africanforestelephant population approached critical levels in the 1990s ... been known that the ivory of the Africanforestelephant was particularly hard, with a pinkish tinge, and straight whereas that of the African bush elephant is curved . The DNA tests, however, indicated ... genetic makeup, the Africanforestelephant is almost two thirds as distinct from the African ... www.wcs.org saving wildlife elephants africanforest elephant.aspx ForestElephant Program http elephant.elehost.com ... of the so called African pygmy elephant Loxodonta pumilio NOACK 1906 phylogeny of cytochrome b .... With regard to the number of toenails the African Bush Elephant normally has 4 toenails on the frontfoot and 3 on the hindfoot, the Africanforestelephant normally has 5 toenails on the frontfoot and 4 on the hindfoot like the Asian elephant , but hybrids between the two species occur. The Africanforestelephant is a herbivore and commonly eats leaf leaves , fruit , and bark , with occasional ..., Barnes KL, Alers MPT and Blom A year 1997 title Estimating ForestElephant Numbers with Dung Counts ... AfricanElephant Specialist Group AfESG Statement on the Taxonomy of extant Loxodonta February, 2006 ... more details
. L. a. atlantica Extinction AfricanForestElephant L. cyclotis br Loxodonta exoptata L. exoptata Extinction range map AfricanElephant distribution map.svg range map caption Distribution of Loxodonta ... in MSW3 is morphological. The Africanforestelephant has a longer and narrower mandible, rounder .... With regard to the number of toenails the African bush elephant normally has four toenails on the front foot and three on the hind feet, the Africanforestelephant normally has five toenails on the front ...Automatic taxobox name African elephants ref name MSW3 status status system status ref image Elephant in Botswana.JPG image caption African Bush Elephant , Loxodonta africana taxon Loxodonta display parents ... Extinction br ssp. L. a. adaurora Extinction ssp. L. a. kararae Extinction African Bush Elephant ... africanelephant loxodonta africana title Africanelephant videos, photos and facts Loxodonta ... in the middle Pliocene . Description The Africanelephant is the largest living terrestrial ... as a fifth limb, a sound amplifier and an important method of touch. The Africanelephant s trunk ends ... elefant.jpg thumb left A male African bush elephant in Namibia Elephants have four molars each weighs ... 208 ref Distribution and habitat File African Bush Elephant.jpg thumb left African Bush elephant in the Mikumi National Park , Tanzania The Africanelephant can be found in Eastern, Southern and West ... first3 J.A. coauthors et al title AfricanElephant Status Report 2002 An update from the AfricanElephant ... and London ref Classification African bush elephant Loxodonta africana . ref name MSW3 Africanforestelephant Loxodonta cyclotis . ref name MSW3 Loxodonta adaurora , extinct , presumed antecedent ... Loxodonta exoptata , extinct . ref name Fossils North Africanelephant Loxodonta africana pharaoensis ... 44 6 ref of the same species Loxodonta africana . As described in the entry for the forestelephant ... accessdate 2010 12 24 pmc 3006346 ref Behavior Africanelephant society is arranged around family ... more details
nofootnotes date February 2011 The rogue elephant of Aberdare Forest was a bull African Bush Elephant which terrorized several villages in the vicinity of the Aberdare Range in British East Africa in the early 20th century, destroying crops and killing at least one person. The bull was reportedly so cunning, that it never struck the same village twice. It was killed by J. A. Hunter . The exact date ... to the deepest parts of the Aberdare Forest. Within, they found the elephant s dung and a large impression left of its large body when resting. They soon found the elephant feeding on bamboo . Aiming with his .475 Jeffrey 2, Hunter was unable to make the shot, as the elephant caught his scent and left. Second hunt for the elephant The next day, the elephant was seen in a village three miles from ... List of historical elephants References The Rogue Elephant of Aberdare Forest , From Hunter , J.A ... memoirs. First hunt for the elephant The elephant first came to Hunter s attention when the animal ... s red cloak was what incited the elephant to chase him. Runners from the village found Hunter in the Aberdare forest hunting for Bongo antelope bongo with two Canada Canadian sportsmen. Being a friend of the village chief Ngiri, Hunter accepted to hunt down the elephant after being given permission ..., where the chief told him that the elephant had been terrorizing his and neighbouring villages for months ... limbs torn off. Ngiri told Hunter to wait another day before starting the hunt, stating that the elephant ... by several runners who offered to guide them through the Aberdare Forest. Following a trail of crushed bamboo and upturned bracken roots, the party came across the elephant eating bamboo shoots. Upon getting their scent, the elephant immediately charged. Hunter quickly aimed the right barrel of the .475 Jeffrey 2 for the centre of the elephant s skull and fired. The elephant fell, screaming loudly ... that the quality of the bull s ivory was very poor, being only 40 pounds per tusk, with a good elephant ... more details
include the North Africanforestelephant , Carthaginian elephant , and Atlas elephant ...Taxobox name North Africanelephant status status system extinct c. 100 image 14 Piazzale delle Corporazioni Ostia Antica 2006 09 08.jpg image caption Roman mosaic at Ostia Antica , Italy regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Proboscidea familia Elephantidae genus Loxodonta species Loxodonta africana L. africana subspecies L. a. pharaoensis trinomial Loxodonta africana pharaoensis trinomial authority The North Africanelephant Loxodonta africana pharaoensis was a possible subspecies of the African bush elephant Loxodonta africana , or possibly a separate elephant species, that existed ... of modern Loxodonta . The North Africanelephant was smaller than the modern African bush elephant L. a. africana , probably similar in size to the modern Africanforestelephant L. cyclotis . It is also possible that it was more docile than the African bush elephant, which is generally untamable, allowing ..., the evidence indicates that Africanforest elephants could and did carry turrets in certain ... westernmost subspecies Syrian elephant Elephas maximus asurus of the Asian elephant , also now extinct. The North Africanelephant was also trained and used by the Ptolemaic dynasty of History of Ptolemaic ... the famous war elephant s used by Carthage in the Punic Wars , their conflict with the Roman ... ese and Eritrea n coasts. Description File Roman bronze elephant Staatliche Antikensammlungen SL 50 2.jpg thumb left Roman bronze statue of a war elephant Carthaginian fresco es ref http www.azurever.com ..., Surus meaning the Syrian elephant Syrian , or possibly One Tusker ref cite journal last Scullard ... iii 02.html adoulis Ptolemaic inscription enumerates three types of war elephant, the Troglodytic ... to tame the Ethiopian elephants, a stock which could be identical to one of the two extant African ... analyses, if specimens of definite North African origin are located and examined. References reflist ... more details
African bush elephant. The reddish color of its skin comes from the red earth found in the area. A 2010 genetic study confirmed that the African bush elephant and the Africanforestelephant are distinct ...pp move indef automatic taxobox name African bush elephant ref name MSW3 MSW3 Proboscidea id 11500009 ... bush elephant or African savanna elephant Loxodonta africana is the larger of the two species of Africanelephant . Both it and the Africanforestelephant have usually been classified as a single species, known simply as the Africanelephant . Some authorities still consider the currently available evidence insufficient for splitting the AfricanElephant into two species. ref IUCN AfricanElephant ... known as the Bush Elephant . Description Refimprove section date August 2010 The African bush elephant ... of Natural History Exhibits ref The African bush elephant normally moves at a rate of convert 6 km ... of the African bush elephant. It is formed by the fusion and elongation of the nose and upper lip ... is a recent report that the African bush elephant is able to use seismology seismic vibrations at infrasound ... Elephant grasping a thorn tree The African bush elephant is herbivory herbivorous . Its diet varies ... elephant african.html ref To break down the plants it consumes, the African bush elephant has four ... old male elephant in Namibia Unreferenced section date August 2010 The African bush elephant ... African bush elephant generally has no natural predation predators other than humans due to its great ... increasingly attracted sport hunters. In 1989, hunting of the African bush elephant for Ivory trade ... Red List classified African elephants as a whole as vulnerable species and the Central Africanelephant .... The North Africanelephant Loxodonta africana pharaohensis , also known as the Carthaginian elephant ... deadurl no ref Conservation File BushElephantProvidenceZoo.jpg thumb right Female African bush elephant ... exceeded 300,000 in 1970, to drop to approximately 10,000 today. The African bush elephant officially ... more details
Taxobox name North AfricanElephant Shrew ref name msw3 MSW3 Macroscelidea id 11200011 page 83 ref status LC status system iucn3.1 image North africanelephant shrew..gif image2 North africanelephant shrew.jpg status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Stuart, C., Hutterer, R. & Cuzin, F. year 2008 id 42663 title Elephantulus rozeti downloaded 29 December 2008 ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Macroscelidea familia Macroscelididae genus Elephantulus species E. rozeti binomial Elephantulus rozeti binomial authority Georges Louis Duvernoy Duvernoy , 1833 range map North AfricanElephant Shrew area.png range map caption North AfricanElephant Shrew range The North AfricanElephant Shrew or North African Sengi Elephantulus rozeti is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae . It is found in Algeria , Libya , Morocco , and Tunisia . Its natural habitat s are Mediterranean type shrubby vegetation and hot desert s. ref name iucn References reflist Macroscelidea Category Elephant shrews Category Animals described in 1833 mammal stub az imali Afrika atlanqa ca Musaranya elefant nord africana es Elephantulus rozeti eu Elephantulus rozeti fr Elephantulus rozeti it Elephantulus rozeti pl Ryjoskoczek pt Elephantulus rozeti ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox film name White Elephant The Battle of the African Ghosts image WhiteElephantGhosts.jpg caption VHS cover for White Elephant The Battle of the African Ghosts director Werner Grusch producer writer Ashley Pharoah starring Peter Firth br Abi Adatsi br Kwabena Holm br Charles Annan br Samuel Amoah music cinematography editing distributor Troma Entertainment released 1983 in film 1983 runtime 90 minutes language English language English budget preceded by followed by White Elephant The Battle of the African Ghosts is a 1983 in film 1983 drama film directed by Werner Grusch and starring Peter Firth . The plot involves a ruthless white man determined to break through thousands of years of tradition to sell microchips in Africa. Unbeknownst to him, the spirits of African tradition are already working against him and are determined to make him pay. The film was briefly distributed by Troma Entertainment . External links Imdb title id 0310353 title White Elephant The Battle of the African Ghosts DEFAULTSORT White Elephant The Battle Of The African Ghosts Category 1983 films Category Independent films Category Troma Entertainment films Category English language films 1980s drama film stub ... more details
File Sand Forest2 Nibela Peninsula 24 05 2011.JPG thumb right 250px Sand Forest at Nibela Peninsula , Lake St Lucia , KwaZulu Natal Southern African Sand Forest is a subtropical forest ecoregion of the Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Biome . It grows on ancient sand dunes in northern KwaZulu Natal and southern Mozambique . In South Africa these forests are known simply as Sand Forest , while in Mozambique they are known as Licuati Forest . ref name Wayne Matthews Maputaland s Tembe Elephant National Park, a little known reserve with many natural secrets http www.africaelephants.com ecology.htm by Wayne Matthews, retrieved 22 June 2011. ref Origins Sand forests are thought to be relics of coastal dune forests which have been separated from the ocean for more than a million years as the shoreline has shifted slowly eastwards over the millennia. ref Duncan Butchart CC Africa, Date 21 November 2006 Wildwatch.com eyes on the wild http www.wildwatch.com living library other 2 sand forest ref Dunes have accreted on the southeast African coastal plain since the Pliocene , ref Soil chronosequence development in dunes on the southeast African coastal plain, Maputaland, South Africa Quaternary International Volumes 162 163, March 2007, Pages 111 132 The Soil Record of Quaternary ... a characteristic sand forest species at Nibela Peninsula File Cola greenwayi2 Nibela Peninsula 25 05 ... Endemism Maputaland Centre plant endemic species, 30 are associated with sand forest and 20 are restricted ... www.wildwatch.com living library other 2 sand forest ref Sand forest has a distinct boundary and also ... There are indications that sand forest has allelopathic effects which may bring about this zone of inhibition and this aids in limiting fires spreading from the neighboring savannah in to the forest ... Green Thorn Balanites maughamii Sand Ivory Berchemia sp. nov. Sand Forest Num num Carissa ... tremula Galla plum Haplocoelum gallense Red heart Tree Hymenocarida ulmoides Sand Forest Gardenia Hyperacanthus ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2007 Taxobox name AfricanForest Buffalo image AfricanForest Buffalo.jpg status ref VU regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Bovinae genus Syncerus species Syncerus caffer S. caffer subspecies S. caffer nanus trinomial Syncerus caffer nanus trinomial authority The AfricanForest Buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus is smaller than the Cape Buffalo , with horns that curves out backwards and upwards. Usually weighing convert 265 565 kg , they are reddish brown in color. Its native habitat is the equatorial forest found in central and western Africa , and its diet consists primarily of grass es, twigs, and young shoots. AfricanForest Buffalo are sought after by hunters for their meat and horns. In the wild, leopard s are its primary predator . JZool271 178. commonscat Syncerus caffer nanus Category Bovines Category Mammals of Africa Category Fauna of Sierra Leone even toed ungulate stub cs Buvol pralesn es Syncerus caffer nanus fr Buffle nain hu V r s bivaly nl Bosbuffel pl Baw le ny ru ... more details
refimprove date June 2011 The strong Central AfricanForest Commission strong COMIFAC is an intergovernmental organisation in Central Africa. Its goal is to manage the forests of Central Africa in a sustainable manner. The four official languages are French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. The current ten members are Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Cameroon Gabon Burundi Equatorial Guinea Rwanda Chad Sao Tome and Principe See also Congo Basin Forest Partnership Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa Nouabal Ndoki National Park Lob k National Park Dzanga Sangha Special Reserve External links http www.comifac.org Comifac.org Category Forestry in Africa ... more details
of nuclear DNA extracted from African savanna elephant, Africanforestelephant, Asian elephant, the extinct American mastodon, and the woolly mammoth concluded in 2010 that African savanna and forest ... image right African Bush Elephant.jpg 180 Asian elephant melbourne zoo.jpg 180 Africanelephant Asian elephantAfrican bush elephant Asian elephant Image Elephant skeleton.jpg thumb Africanelephant ... Congress, Rome 2001 ref Three species of elephant are recognized the African bush elephant , the Africanforestelephant and the Indian or Asian elephant ref http www.bbc.co.uk nature life Elephantidae ref although some group the two African species into one ref name AfricanElephant Specialist Group ... african elephant.html title AfricanElephant publisher National Geographic accessdate 2007 06 16 ref ... of convert 3.96 m ft , convert 1 m ft 1 taller than the average male Africanelephant. ref name ... of drought on predation of elephant Loxodonta africana calves by lions Panthera leo in an African wooded ... Taxonomy and evolution The Africanelephant genus contains two living species whereas the Asian elephant ... . BBC News. July 24, 2007. ref Africanelephant Main AfricanelephantAfrican bush elephantAfricanforestelephant File Crossing elephant.jpg thumb right Elephant crossing a river, Kenya . Image Etosha elefant.jpg thumb right African bush savanna elephant in Etosha National Park , Namibia . File Elephant ET.ogv thumb Video of elephants in the wild The elephants of the genus Africanelephant ... and the forestelephant Loxodonta africana cyclotis , but recent DNA analysis suggests that these may .... ref name AfricanElephant Specialist Group cite web last AfricanElephant Specialist Group title ... Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 06 04 ref A third species of Africanelephant has also been ... of African savanna and forest elephants which some have argued to be two populations of the same species ..., we conclude that African savanna and forest elephants should be classified as two distinct ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name ElephantElephant Type EP Artist Evelyn Evelyn Cover Elephant Elephant.jpg Released September 13, 2007 Recorded 2007 Genre Americana Showtunes Length Label Eleven Records Producer Amanda Palmer br Jason Webley Reviews Last album This album ElephantElephant br 2007 Next album Evelyn Evelyn album Evelyn Evelyn br 2010 The ElephantElephant Extended play EP is the debut release by Evelyn Evelyn . It was first sold to the public on September 13, 2007 and consists of a 3 song 7 single and a 6 track bonus Compact disc CD as well as a sticker of a conjoined elephant . The vinyl has full fidelity, while the online streaming and CD versions of the songs have been run through computer filters to create the sound of an old time radio transcription. However, the song ElephantElephant is the same on in all variations. Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn? appears online and as part of Goodnight Evelyn in an alternate form than on vinyl. All of the other tracks are exclusive to their particular formats. Love Will Tear Us Apart , ElephantElephant , Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn? , and Sandy s Theme with added vocals and under the title Sandy Fishnets also appear on their 2010 debut album, Evelyn Evelyn album Evelyn Evelyn , all of which were re recorded for the album. Track listing Vinyl Side A ElephantElephant 1 43 Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn? 2 15 Side B Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 2 52 Bonus CD ElephantElephant 1 43 Evelyn Evelyn Theme 3 35 Sandy s Theme 5 14 Medley 4 46 Eleven Elephant Elephants 13 32 Goodnight Evelyn 11 11 External links http www.elevenrecords.com 09 elephant.html Eleven Records ElephantElephant 2000s album stub Category 2007 EPs Category Debut EPs Category Evelyn Evelyn albums ... more details
R, Van Holt A, Barriel V, Tassy P title Status of the so called African pygmy elephant Loxodonta ...Image Borneo elephant PLoS Biology.jpg thumb right 200px The Borneo Elephant Borneo pygmy elephant Elephas maximus borneensis So called pygmy elephants are reported to be living in both Africa and Asia . The African pygmy elephant, formerly described as Loxodonta pumilio , is currently considered to be a tiny morph zoology morph of the AfricanForestElephant L. cyclotis see Debruyne et al. 2003 . The Borneo Elephant Elephas maximus borneensis , a well documented variety of elephant, is also called pygmy elephant. This elephant, inhabiting tropical rainforest in north Borneo east Sabah and extreme north Kalimantan , was long thought to be identical to the Asian Elephant and descended from a captive population. In 2003, DNA comparison revealed them to be probably a new subspecies. ref name Fernando cite journal author Fernando P, Vidya TNC, Payne J, Stuewe M, Davison G, et al. title DNA Analysis Indicates That Asian Elephants Are Native to Borneo and Are Therefore a High Priority for Conservation journal PLoS Biol volume 1 issue 1 pages e6 year 2003 doi 10.1371 journal.pbio.0000006 url http biology.plosjournals.org perlserv?request get document&doi 10.1371 journal.pbio.0000006 ref ref CBS News. July 1, 2005 http www.cbsnews.com stories 2005 07 01 world main705924.shtml Spying on the Pygmy Elephant ref . A 2010 study found that there are an estimated 2,040 elephants in Sabah. ref Alfred, R., Ahmad, A.H., Payne, J., William, C., Ambu, L., 2010 http www.thescipub.com abstract 10.3844 ... . The term pygmy elephant should not be confused with dwarf elephant , which is used for a number of extinction ... , India concerning a dwarf species of elephant called Kallana , a team of elephant experts have ..., P., Grubb, P. title Are there Pygmy Elephants? journal Elephant volume 2 issue 4 pages 8 10 year ... WWF Borneo pygmy elephant species profile http fognews.ru komnatnye slonyata poyavilis v moskve.html ... more details
wiktionary elephant TOCright An elephant is a large, grey mammal native to Africa and southern Asia. Elephant may also refer to Films Elephant 1989 film Elephant 1989 film , a film by Alan Clarke set in Northern Ireland Elephant 2003 film Elephant 2003 film , a film by Gus Van Sant set in the United States Elephant public information film Elephant public information film , about seatbelt use in the UK The Elephant Man film The Elephant Man film , 1980 David Lynch film, the story of Joseph Merrick, who was known as the Elephant Man Literature Elephant stories Elephant stories , a 1988 collection ... HMS Elephant HMS Elephant , several ships of the Royal Navy Martinsyde G.100 Elephant , a British World War I bomber aircraft Elefant , a German Panzerj ger . Olifant, a South African modification of the British Centurion tank Centurion tank. Music Elephant album Elephant album , a 2003 recording by alternative rock blues rock band The White Stripes Elephant Stone Records , a U.S. record label Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart , a 2008 pop album Elephant Stone , a 1988 single by the Stone Roses L l phant The Elephant , the fifth movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Saint Sa ns L Elephant, a song on the self titled album Tom Tom Club album Tom Tom Club Elephant, a song from the album 9 Damien Rice album 9 by Damien Rice. Elephant song , a 2012 song by Alexandra Burke People Marco Pantani , nicknamed Elefantino little elephant by Lance Armstrong The Elephants , nickname for the C te d Ivoire national football team Places Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica The Elephant, a mountain in Milford Sound , New Zealand Elephant Hill Provincial Park , British Columbia, Canada Elephant Trunk Hill , Guilin, China Elephant and Castle , a region of London, England Elephant Ridge , in Antarctica Elephant Spit , Heard Island, Australia Science Elephant trunks , formations of interstellar matter found in space Elephant s Trunk nebula Other A symbol of the Republican ... more details
in South Africa to thick forest. One species, the North AfricanElephant Shrew , remains in the semi ... MAMM A 254.1 ref Somali Elephant Shrew , Elephantulus revoili North AfricanElephant Shrew , Elephantulus ... url http www.awf.org wildlives 72 title Elephant Shrew publisher African Wildlife Foundation accessdate ...Taxobox name Elephant shrews ref name msw3 MSW3 Macroscelidea id 11200002 ref fossil range Fossil range ... X ref image Macroscelides. proboscideus.6869.jpg image width 200px image caption Short eared Elephant ... Elephant shrews or jumping shrews are small insectivore insectivorous mammal s native to Africa ... common English name comes from a fancied resemblance between their long noses and the trunk of an elephant ... because of their superficial similarities. As it has become plain that the elephant shrews are unrelated ... , ref Cite book last Kingdon first J. year 1997 title The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals ... petersi from side.jpg thumb left Rhynchocyon petersi Elephant shrews are small animals with brownish gray coats. Elephant shrews vary in size from about 10 to almost 30 centimetres, from just under 50 g to over 500 g. The Short eared Elephant Shrew has an average size of Convert 150 ... to trap and very seldom seen elephant shrews are wary, well camouflaged, and adept at dashing ... escape route. Elephant shrews are not highly social animals, but many live in monogamous pairs, which ..., or make leaf nests. Short eared elephant shrews inhabit dry steppes and stone deserts of southwestern .... Elephant shrews live in pairs and defend territories. Females drive away other females while males ... elephant shrew Macroscelides proboscideus A living fossil from the Namib desert url http magazine.naturspot.de text elephant shrew.html publisher Natur Spot accessdate February 2010 ref Females give ... True Elephant Shrew journal Natural History location New York volume 101 ref ref Cite web url http members.aon.at ruesselspringer indexe.html title Short eared Elephant Shrews first Regina last Unger ... more details
, Asian elephants are smaller than Africanelephant s and have the highest body point on the head ...Taxobox name Sumatran elephant status CR status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn image Sumatra elephant Ragunan Zoo 3.JPG regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Proboscidea ... Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck , 1847 The Sumatran elephant Elephas maximus sumatranus is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant , and native to Sumatra island of Indonesia . In January 2011 the Sumatran elephant has been classified as critically endangered by IUCN as the population ... elephant habitat has been lost within the last 25 years. ref name iucn IUCN assessors Gopala ... of populations The Sumatran elephant was once widespread on the island, and Riau Province was believed to have the largest elephant population in Sumatra with over 1,600 individuals in the 1980s. ref ... in 1985, indicating a very significant decline of the Sumatran elephant population up to that time. By 2008, the elephant was locally extinct in West Sumatra Province and at risk of being lost from ... of conflict with humans. ref name iucn 65 of Sumatran elephant deaths are because of human ... of fear of the animal. Fact date February 2007 83 of the Sumatran elephant s former habitat has now been turned into plantation s this means that the elephant has to learn to adapt to new Habitat ecology ... Nilo National Park has been established in Riau province to protect the Sumatran elephant s habitat. This forest is one of the last areas large enough to support a viable population of elephants ... Sumatran elephant species profile , retrieved 7 November 2010 ref In captivity In 1986 the Indonesian government started establishing Elephant Training Centers intended to capture and train elephants ... sumatra.htm Elephant Care International Sumatran Elephant Field Project , retrieved 7 November 2010 ref See also Borneo Elephant References Reflist External links commons category Elephas maximus sumatranus ... more details
than Africanelephant s and have the highest body point on the head. The tip of their trunk ... shola forest and grassland convert 1400 to 1800 m ft abbr on . Five different elephant clans ...Taxobox name Indian elephant status EN status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn image IndianElephant.jpg ... trinomial authority Georges Cuvier Cuvier , 1798 for the species also referred to as Indian elephant Asian elephant The Indian elephant Elephas maximus indicus is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant , and native to mainland Asia . Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed ... Indian elephant was convert 3.43 m ft high at the shoulder. ref Pillai, N.G. 1941 On the height and age of an elephant . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 42 927 928 ref In 1985, two large elephant bulls were spotted for the first time in Bardia National Park , and named Raja Gaj and Kanchha ... Journal of the IUCN SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group 17 41 44 ref Indian elephants have smaller ears, but relatively broader skull s and larger trunks than African elephants. Toes are large and broad. Unlike their African cousins, their abdomen is proportionate with their body weight but the Africanelephant has a large abdomen as compared to the skulls. Distribution and habitat File WildElephants,Munnar.JPG thumb Wild elephants in Munnar , Kerala File An elephant herd at Jim Corbett National Park.jpg thumb An elephant herd in Jim Corbett National Park File Bandipur 4.jpg thumb A wild elephant in Bandipur National Park File Elephant in Nagarhole National Park.jpg thumb Elephant bathing ... false The Asian Elephant Ecology and Management Second edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052143758X ... to conserve the Asian elephant in Nepal . Gajah Journal of the IUCN SSC Asian Elephant Specialist ... of Vietnam. Ecology and behaviour The movement and habitat utilization patterns of an elephant ... area. The area encompasses a diversity of vegetation types from dry thorn forest at convert 250 to 400 ... more details
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are smaller than Africanelephant s and have the highest body point on the head. The tip of their trunk ... measurements of the skull of a fully adult female elephant from Gomantong Forest Reserve were ... of forest which is largely commercial forest, where 1,132 elephants were estimated to remain. Elephant ...Taxobox name Borneo elephant image Borneo elephant PLoS Biology.jpg status EN status system iucn3.1 status ... familia Elephantidae genus Elephas species Asian Elephant E. maximus subspecies E. m. borneensis trinomial ... , 1950 The Borneo elephant also called the Borneo pygmy elephant inhabits northeastern Borneo . Its .... ref name Cranbrook08 Comparison of the Borneo elephant population to putative source populations ... 2006, and repeated three times for each elephant and averaged. There was no significant difference in any ... 20Othman.pdf A preliminary study on the morphometrics of the Bornean Elephant Journal of Tropical ... News. 2003. http wwf.panda.org wwf news ?8601 New elephant subspecies discovered New elephant subspecies ... ranging over the Tabin Wildlife Reserve and adjacent mostly logged dipterocarp forest on steep ... forest, which was largely undisturbed at the time, and only logged at the periphery. In Kalimantan ... en v onepage&q&f false The Asian Elephant Ecology and Management Second edition. Cambridge University ... 2000 elephants. Between July 2007 and December 2008, wildlife biologists conducted an elephant population census in five main elephant managed ranges in Sabah using a systematic line transect survey ... destroyed and the remaining elephants squeezed into the remaining forest areas. ref cite journal ... Last 20ed 20of 20Elephant 20strategy.pdf Asian Elephant Action Plan Sabah Malaysia . Sabah Wildlife ... kalimantan elephant population continues to dwindle says official title Kalimantan elephant population ... History disagreed in 1943, and placed all Sundaic elephants in the subspecies Sumatran Elephant ..., but not a living elephant in accordance with the rules of the International Code of Zoological ... more details
is carving up the forest homes of the Asian elephant , marooning wildlife in pockets of forest ..., prevent conflict and reconnect the forest homes of the endangered Asian elephant. Overview Asian elephant ... up the forest homes of the Asian elephant, marooning wildlife in pockets of forest too small to support ...for the taxonomic family to which elephants belong Elephantidae Elephant Family is a conservation movement which exists to save the endangered Asian elephant from extinction in the wild, along with tigers, orangutans and all the other animals who share their habitat . ref cite web title Elephant family ... the UK s biggest funder of Asian elephant conservation. Massive habitat loss in the past 100 years has caused Asian elephant populations to plummet by 90 . This iconic animal is now on the IUCN red list ... villages causing deaths on both sides. Working with local people and partner NGOs, Elephant Family ... deaths on both sides. The long term survival of the Asian elephant depends on diffusing such conflict and securing their corridors ancient migratory routes that link one forest fragment to another. ref name What we do http www.elephantfamily.org what we do What we do Elephant family ref Elephants ... Habitat Elephant family ref The conservation movement seek to create positive change by channeling their focus in three key areas Forest, Industry and Trade. They champion campaign issues, and address ... Since their launch in 2002, elephant family have invested 4 million in securing and restoring vital corridors of land. They ve supported local communities to reduce incidents of human elephant conflict ... elephant in UK with UK wide education programmes and publicity. ref name What we do To cut the risk of human elephant conflict and casualties, they are securing habitat all over Asia. Together ... and perhaps even loved ones in human elephant conflict. The movement make sure there is good ... Habitat Elephant family currently supports two elephant welfare projects the upkeep of a female ... more details
for the next 2 1 2 years. In May 2007, Ruby, the zoo s 45 year old Africanelephant, was moved to a Northern ... to its present one. ref name ABC For 2 1 2 years prior to her death, Gita and another female elephant ... death of asian elephant gita.html title L.A. Zoo was fined following 2006 deaths of Asian elephant ... 070608.html title One Year Anniversary of Gita the Elephant s Death Sunday IDA Plans Memorial at L.A. ... for Gita the Elephant date 14 June 2006 accessdate 7 November 2010 publisher ABC News ref Investigation .... According to the agreement, the zoo failed to assure an elephant received veterinary care in adequate time. Elephant Gita was found in an awkward position around 9 p.m., and veterinarians ... necropsy reported blockages in the right chamber and major vessels of the elephant s heart, citing ... Zoo Elephant is Inconclusive last Abram first Susan date 24 August 2006 accessdate 7 November 2010 publisher Los Angeles Times ref Gita is either the 12th or the 14th elephant to die at the Los Angeles Zoo since 1968. There have been only 4 elephant deaths since 1992, when the zoo changed its ... title Elephant exhibit raises a ruckus last Hall first Carla date 1 December 2008 accessdate 7 ... vote approving plans to create a 42 million, six acre elephant sanctuary at the L.A. Zoo called Pachyderm Forest. ref name stay cite web url http latimesblogs.latimes.com lanow 2009 01 elephants ... 1.5 million to move the zoo s last elephant, Billy, to the Northern California sanctuary. ref cite web url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin blogs dailydish detail?entry id 35206 title Cher Loses Elephant Fight ... more details
villages to raid gardens. Characteristics File ElephantSkelLyd2.png thumb Illustration of an elephant skeleton ref name lydekker File Elaphas maximus 17 01 2012.jpg thumb Asian elephant skeleton File Borneo elephant PLoS Biology.jpg thumb The Borneo Elephant Borneo elephant is smaller than other Asian elephant subspecies, and has relatively large ears, a longer tail, and straighter tusks. In general, Asian elephants are smaller than Africanelephant s and have the highest body point on the head ... the flat front of the Africanelephant. Unlike African elephants which rarely use their forefeet ..., and was found superior to the smallish North AfricanElephant Loxodonta africana pharaoensis used ...Taxobox name Asian elephant ref name MSW MSW3 Proboscidea id 11500004 page 90 ref status EN status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn image Asian elephant melbourne zoo.jpg image caption Bong Su, a male Asian elephant in Melbourne Zoo regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo ... authority Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 range map Asian Elephant area.png range map caption Asian Elephant range br brown native, black origin uncertain fossil range ... record . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ref The Asian or Asiatic elephant Elephas ... Sri Lanka , the Indian elephant Indian elephant or E. m. indicus from mainland Asia, and Sumatran Elephant ..., with a maximum recorded life span of 86 years. Contrary to popular belief, the Asian elephant has ... the ones of African elephants five on each forefoot, and four on each hind foot. ref name Shoshani82 ... extraordinarily large bull elephant living in captivity at the Oregon Zoo , Packy elephant Packy , weighed ... respectively reaching nine feet eight inches 2.9 m and nine feet ten inches 3 m at the shoulder. An elephant ... 3.4 m and there is a rumor of a Ceylon elephant of twelve feet 3.7 m . That such giants may occasionally ... true height was several inches more. If this be so, there can be no doubt that, when alive, this elephant ... more details
began acquiring Africanelephant s for the same purpose, as did the Numidia ns and the Kingdom of Kush Kush ites. The animal used was the North AfricanElephant North Africanforestelephant ... Savanna ElephantAfrican Savanna elephant . ref Loxodonta africana oxyotis . ref Although much larger than either the Africanforestelephant or the Asian elephant, these proved difficult to tame ... Since the late 1940s a strand of scholarship has argued that the Africanforest elephants used by Numidian ... This is confirmed by the image of a turreted Africanelephant used on the coinage of Juba II . ref J ... fielded by the Seleucids and so presumably Africanforest elephants. ref Polybius v.84.2 7 ref ... 2003 ISBN 0 304 36642 0. Gowers, William The AfricanElephant in Warfare, African Affairs , Vol ...Image War elephant illustrated london news.jpg thumb 300px Engraving of a war elephant from the First Anglo Sikh War published by The Illustrated London News . The elephant s thick hide protected it from ... trained for combat. For the album by indie folk group Deer Tick band Deer Tick , see War Elephant album . A war elephant was an elephant trained and guided by humans for combat. Their main use ... Carthage , especially under Hannibal . In the Mediterranean, improved tactics reduced the value of the elephant ... the use of the combat elephant at the end of the 19th century, limiting them thereafter to engineering ... The Mughal Emperor Akbar is depicted training an elephant . The first elephant species to be tamed was the Asian Elephant , for use in agriculture. Elephant taming not full domestication , as they were ... site for the taming of elephants. ref Schafer, 289&ndash 290. ref The wild elephant populations ... in captivity and the long time required for an elephant to reach sufficient maturity to engage ..., but it is rather because a female elephant in battle will run from a male therefore only males ..., p.xi. ref Antiquity India, Persia and Alexander the Great There is uncertainty as to when elephant ... more details
File Elephant Bar, Serramonte exterior at night.JPG thumb An Elephant Bar at Serramonte Center in Daly City, California . The Elephant Bar is a restaurant chain in the United States . The corporate office is located in La Mirada, California La Mirada , California . Their first restaurant opened in 1980. As of July 2009, the chain comprises 47 restaurants throughout ten states with the majority in California. Elephant Bar Restaurants are also located in Arizona , California , Colorado , Florida , Kansas , Missouri , New Mexico , Nevada , Ohio , and Oklahoma . The upscale restaurants are decorated around an African safari theme, with wildlife motifs including zebra striped ceilings and leopard print carpets. Many of the dishes offered are Fusion cuisine pan Asian fusion in design. ref http news.google.com newspapers?id zrUqAAAAIBAJ&sjid CmQEAAAAIBAJ&pg 1200,5463106&dq elephant bar&hl en ref ref http www.reviewjournal.com lvrj home 2006 Jan 06 Fri 2006 weekly 5142284.html ref ref http www.contracostatimes.com ci 6696977 ref ref http news.google.com newspapers?id uyNLAAAAIBAJ&sjid hSMNAAAAIBAJ&pg 5882,3350501&dq elephant bar&hl en ref References reflist External links commons category Official website http www.elephantbar.com coord missing Los Angeles County, California Category Restaurants in California Category Restaurant chains in the United States Category 1980 establishments in the United States Category Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Category Fusion cuisine Category Restaurants established in 1980 restaurant stub ... more details
Africanelephant s Loxodonta africana pharaoensis , an African bush elephant population or subspecies ...Taxobox name Syrian elephant status EX status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Choudhury, A., Lahiri Choudhury, D.K., Desai, A., Duckworth, J.W., Easa, P.S., Johnsingh, A.J.T., Fernando, P., Hedges, S., Gunawardena, M., Kurt, F., Karanth, U., Lister, A., Menon, V., Riddle, H., R bel, A. & Wikramanayake, E. year 2008 id 7140 title Elephas maximus downloaded 28 October 2008 ref extinct before 100 BC image Elephant Attacking a Feline.jpg image width 250px image caption Mosaic of an elephant attacking a feline from Roman Syria regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Proboscidea familia Elephantidae genus Elephas species Elephas maximus trinomial Elephas maximus asurus binomial authority range map range map caption The Syrian elephant Elephas maximus asurus is a proposed name for the westernmost population of the Asian elephant Elephas maximus , which became extinct in ancient times. ref name iucn Skeletal remains of Elephas maximus asurus have ... 100 BC. Description Syrian elephants were among the largest Asian elephant subspecies that survived ... elephant known as Surus it has been suggested to mean the Syrian . It was said to have been his best and biggest elephant. Who date May 2010 In that case, the elephant may have been of Seleucid stock. If it were in fact of native Syrian stock, or an imported Indian elephant remains subject to speculation ... Mosaic depicting Syrian Elephant fighting Asiatic lions http static.panoramio.com photos original 13793700.jpg Image of the skeleton of Syrian Elephant found at Kahramanmara in southern Anatolia, Turkey http www.thecityreview.com f03can22.jpg Syrian elephant Carving, calcite alabaster, Syria, ca. 3rd Millennium B.C. Category Elephants Category Extinct mammals of Asia Elephant, Syrian Category Megafauna of Eurasia Elephant, Syrian Category Extinct mammals Category Holocene extinctions ar ... more details
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