The African Bush Elephant is the largest living land mammal.
Facts[]
African bush elephants are elephants of the genus Loxodonta (Greek for 'oblique-sided tooth'), also known as African elephants, consisting of two extant species: the African bush elephant and the smaller African forest elephant. Loxodonta is one of the two existing genera in the family Elephantidae alongside Elephas (Asian elephants).
Fossil members of Loxodonta have been found only in Africa, where they developed in the middle Pliocene alongside other elephants (including early mammoths).
In Walking With... series[]
Death of a Dynasty[]
In the last episode of Walking with Dinosaurs, modern Africa is shown, and a herd of elephants is seen.
Savage Family[]
In the third episode of Walking with Cavemen, elephants are shown coexisting with herds of wildebeest, zebra, and Homo Ergaster.
Appearances in Other Media[]
Prehistoric Park[]
In Prehistoric Park, a female Woolly Mammoth named Martha is brought to the park and transferred to an African Elephant herd. Martha is initially rejected, but is accepted by the herd after she saves the herd’s only calf from a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex.
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African Elephant • Deinotherium • Moeritherium • Palaeomastodon • Woolly mammoth |