PSI scientist argues that African elephants are two distinct species

Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows

Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study.

Seeing double: Africa's 2 elephant species - Phys.org

Contrary to the belief of many scientists (as well as many members of the public), new research confirms that Africa has two—not one—species ...

Does Social Complexity Drive Vocal Complexity? Insights from the ...

Our findings suggest that the African elephants may contradict the SCH, as well as other factors potentially shaping patterns of vocal complexity across species ...

african-elephant - A-Z Animals

African Bush Elephants and African Forest Elephants diverged into different species 2.6 million years ago. They can interbreed but rarely do so. In 1958, ...

Existence of Two African Elephant Species Declared | Audubon

Forest elephants, a distinct species from their larger savannah counterparts. Credit: Thomas Breuer. What is a species?

Developing an Explanation for Tuskless Elephants Educator Materials

Gorongosa National Park, students will watch and answer questions about two BioInteractive Scientists at ... • Although most African elephants have tusks, 2%–. 6% ...

Partial migration in savanna elephant populations distributed across ...

Elephants migrated between distinct seasonal ranges corresponding to southern Africa's dry and wet seasons. ... two spatially distinct ...

Forest Elephant Crisis in the Congo Basin | PLOS Biology

Author Summary. Forest elephants, perhaps a distinct species of African elephant, occur in the forests of West and Central Africa. Compared to the more familiar ...

African elephants now listed as Endangered and Critically ...

For the first time ever, the conservation status of Africa's two species of elephant have been assessed separately, and the results have ...

Facts & Figures - Elephanatics

African Forest Elephants have four molar teeth each weighing about 5.0 kg and measuring about 12 inches long. They have large rounded ears which are used both ...

Elephant Facts

Species: African Elephants. For centuries it was believed there were only two species of elephants–African and Asian. The African elephant was split into ...

Decline in African Elephant Populations | Open Case Studies

This issue has severe ecological repercussions, as African elephants are keystone species within the the continent's landscapes. They perform a vital role ...

Physiological plasticity in elephants: highly dynamic glucocorticoids ...

Elephants have complex behavioural characteristics that vary among individuals and contexts, making each animal unique in terms of personality.

Living African elephants belong to two species: Loxodonta africana ...

PDF | On Jan 1, 2000, Peter Grubb and others published Living African elephants belong to two species: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) and Loxodonta ...

Africa's Forest Elephants Called Separate Species

Elephants dwelling in Africa's lush tropical rain forests are genetically distinct from the better-known elephants that roam the continent's grasslands.

Africa's two elephant species are both endangered, due to poaching ...

Scientists believe that elephant populations across Africa actually increased during the early 20th century, when nations were entrenched in ...

New decisions by global conservation group bolster efforts to save ...

The first is that a global body devoted to the conservation of elephants in Africa recognised the African elephant as two species: forest and ...

The state of the world's elephant populations - Our World in Data

There are two species of elephant: the African (with the official name Loxodonta africana) and the Asian (Elephas maximus) elephant. If you want to tell the ...

African Elephant Status Report 2016 - IUCN Portal

... two species of elephant should be rec- ognized, with the forest elephant being acknowledged as a distinct species from the savanna elephant. The general ...

Some Elephants in Africa Are Just a Step From Extinction

Alfred Roca, a geneticist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said the I.U.C.N.'s recognition of two African elephant species was ...