African Bush Elephant
Scientific Name:
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Loxodonta africana
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Common Name(s):
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African Elephant
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Savanna Elephant
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Bush Elephant
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Savanna Elephant
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Olifant (Afrikaans)
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Tembo (Swahili)
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Status:
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Near Threatened
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Estimated Population:
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No Official Estimates
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Population Trend:
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Increasing
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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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