The most huge land animal on the planet and stays in various parts of the African continent is known as the African Elephant. With bigger ears and tusks, the African Elephant is more huge compared to the Asian elephant.
A superior female elephant leads the herds in which elephants live.
While looking for food or water, the African elephant in most cases travels long distances and since these elephants are quite brilliant, they can easily communicate to one another.

On planet earth, the most huge land mammal, which is both brilliant and so strong, is the African Elephant.
Over 12 feet high and 6-10 tons, is the height and weight of male African elephants, which are male. African elephants in terms of weight and height is huge compared to the Asian Elephants.

The Asian elephants have only one finger at the tip of their trunk, unlike the African elephants, which have two and in addition, they have bigger ears. Huge tusks, which are the huge incisor teeth of the upper jaw, are contained by African elephants, both male and female.
Hunters for the spectacular tusks of the African elephants, the poachers, are a big threat to their lives.
A species that stays in the open savannah and another, which is inhabited by the Central  African forests, are the two different sub species in which the African elephants occur.

Loxodonto Africana is the African elephant’s Zoological name.

Range: Eastern, Central and Southern Africa are regions where the African elephant is
mainly found.

Grasslands, forests, rift valleys and possibly semi-desert areas, is where it loves
spending its life.

Estimated population: In the world, approximately 500,000 African elephants are in
existance.

Physical appearance: Greyish-brown is the colour of the African elephants. Spraying
over their bodies is the technique that they apply in order to prevent
themselves from being attacked by insects and the harsh sun.
The African elephant can look different due to the colour of the soil whose
dust is sprinkled on its body e.g. red, black or even white.

Habitat: A species that stays in the open savannah in Southern, Central and Eastern
Africa i.e. the Larger African Bush Elephant and another that is inhabited in the
rainforest in the Congo basin i.e. the smaller African Forest Elephant, are the
two different sub species in which the African elephants occur.

Diet: Large quantities of food are required by the elephants, which are herbivores, in
order to maintain their large bodies.
Over 200Kg of vegetation within a day can be consumed by an adult male elephant.
Among things that elephants eat are the grass, shrubs, leaves and usually stripe
naked the barks of trees.
Many hours are spent foraging for food in a day, by these huge animals.

Large quantities of water are drunk by these elephants, by spraying it into their
mouths using their trunks after sucking it.
Additionally, they are observed to feed on standing crops in areas of human
encroachment and they also enjoy fruits.

Behaviour: Matriarch, the elderly female African elephant, is the one, which leads the
groups in which the African elephants live.

Adult males, some female elephants and their young ones, make up the family group.
Many a time, on reaching puberty stage, the young male elephants opt to live in bachelor herds other than their own families. Such predators like lions are sent off by use of the elephant’s tusks, in a venture to protect their off springs.
These brilliant other than being able to communicate to one another using a whole range of sounds, inclusive of which is infrasound, they are also sociable, playful, gregarious and in addition, are known for giving a helping hand to the sick and elder counterparts.

Various functions such as greeting one another, drinking, lifting objects and smelling, are performed by their trunks.

In search for food or water, the African elephants migrate every year across the country side and are known to have perfect memories. 60-70 years is the life expectancy of African elephants in the wild.

Status: Poaching, human population pressure and habitat loss, are the main threats to the
African elephants. African elephants continue to confine themselves to wildlife reserves, which are isolated, at an increasing rate.