From: "Laura M" Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Elephants - Elephant and Giraffes
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 00:16:56 GMT
Elephant and Giraffes.jpg
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The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger of the two species of African elephant. Both it and the African forest elephant have in the past been classified as a single species, known simply as the African elephant.
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Scientific Name: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
Synonyms: Elephas africana Blumenbach, 1797
Common Names:
English – African Elephant, African savannah elephant, African Bush Elephant
French – Éléphant d'Afrique, Éléphant Africain
Spanish – Elefante Africano
