The African bush elephant is the larger of the two species of African elephant. Both it and the African forest elephant have usually been classified as a single species, known simply as the African elephant, but recent evidence has seen the forest elephant classified as a distinct species . Some authorities still consider the currently available evidence as insufficient for splitting African elephants into two species.
Similar species: Elephants
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Uploaded Jul 29, 2014. Captured Nov 27, 2011 02:32 in Ngwezumba River Crossing, Botswana.
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