Elephant

Elephant

Elephant is the generic term for the popular and which are called the family members Elephantidae, a group of mammals Proboscidea elefantídeos of large, of which there are three species in the world today, two African (Loxodonta sp.) And Asian (elephas sp .). There is also the mammoth (Mammuthus sp.), Now extinct. Until recently, it was believed that there were only two living species of elephants, the African elephant and Asian elephant, a minor species. However, recent studies suggest that DNA was, in fact, two species of African elephant: Loxodonta africana, the savannah, and Loxodonta cyclotis, living in forests. Elephants are the largest land animals of today weighing up to 12 tonnes and measuring four meters on average in height. Its most distinctive features are the prey of ivory.

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