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Elephants are the best mammals in the animal kingdom because of there…
Elephants are the best mammals in the animal kingdom because of there differences between there own species. (Species"Indian and African Elephants -Bush, Forest)
Size
Indian
6.6 and 11.5 ft
"4,400 and 11,000 lb"
African Bush
11 feet tall
African bush elephant: 13,000 lbs
African
African bush elephant: 13,000 lbs, African forest elephant: 6,000 lbs
Height: African bush elephant: 11 ft. Forest 8.2 feet
African Forest
African forest elephant: 6,000 lbs
"African forest elephants are a bit smaller than their savanna counterpart"
https://www.britannica.com/demystified/whats-the-difference-between-asian-and-african-elephants
8.2 feet tall
characteristic
Indian
19 pairs of ribs.
Their skin color is lighter than of maximus with smaller patches of depigmentation, but darker than of sumatranus.
Forest
population 100,000
"62% of all forest elephants have been killed for their ivory in the last decade."
http://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/forest-elephant
African
argest of all land animals,
cry out of ears
Bush
use to radiate excess heat, and
their trunk, a nose and an extension of the upper lip with two opposing extensions, or "fingers"
Diet
Bush
living in forests, partial deserts, and grasslands all eat different proportions of herbs and tree or shrubbery leaves.
diet varies according to its habitat; elephants
Indian
"Sixteen to eighteen hours, or nearly 80% of an elephant's day is spent feeding."
https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/elephants/diet-and-eating-habits
consume grasses, small plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, tree bark, and roots.
African
An adult elephant can consume up to 300 pounds of food in a single day.
eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, and they eat a lot of these things.
Forest
leaves, fruit, and bark
high proportion of fruit
Environment/Habitat
African Forest
African forest elephants inhabit the dense rainforests of west and central Africa.
countries with large dense forest such as .
Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo , Cameroon, the Central African Republic in central Africa, Liberia, and Ghana in west Africa
African
African forest elephants inhabit the dense rainforests of west and central Africa. Bush elephants are located in open savanna to the desert and high rainforest
37 different countries just south of the Sahara Desert
Indaian
south-east Asia including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam,
range of habitats from tropical forests to grassland and scrubland.
African Bush
Bush elephants are located in open savanna to the desert and high rainforest.
found in the grassy plains and woodlands of Africa, especially in the eastern and southern countries.
Elephant-information states “It is said that you can tell where an elephant comes from by looking at the size of his ears. African ears are like a map of Africa and Asian ears smaller like the shape of India.”
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