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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
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Aug 21, 2014. Captured in Grumeti Migration Camp Road, Tanzania.