African Bush Elephant



Scientific Name: Loxodonta africana

Common Name(s): African Elephant
Savanna Elephant
Bush Elephant
Savanna Elephant
Olifant (Afrikaans)
Tembo (Swahili)

Status: Near Threatened

Estimated Population: No Official Estimates

Population Trend: Increasing

Threats:                         Poaching for ivory and meat; farmers, from elephants feasting on crops.

Range:                           37 sub-Saharan countries in Africa: Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso;
                                     Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo; Congo, The Democratic
                                     Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon;
                                     Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique;
                                     Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South
                                     Africa; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia;
                                     Zimbabwe.

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