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2 days ago · Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa. † Mammuthus Brookes, 1828. Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ), the African forest elephant ( L. cyclotis ), and the Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ).
2 days ago · Elephant Butte State Park is a New Mexico gem. On holiday weekends like Memorial Day, visitors have historically reached 100,000 on each day.
1 day ago · The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.
3 days ago · By Brendan Rascius. May 23, 2024 5:28 PM. Ancient humans hunted a now-extinct species of elephant 12,000 years ago in Chile, according to a new study. Photo from PLOS One. Thousands of years ago ...
3 days ago · Archaeologists have uncovered a prehistoric site in South America where hunter-gatherers butchered a now-extinct elephant relative more than 12,000 years ago. A study, published in the open-access ...
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3 days ago · May 22, 2024 4:40 PM EDT. It's time for a do-over for one elephant at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. The zoo recently shared that they'd made a slight mistake when announcing the gender of their new baby elephant in March. Zookeepers recently confirmed that the calf, Kirk, was not a boy elephant — he was a she. The zoo announced the gender of the ...
2 days ago · Elephants, the largest land animals on Earth, primarily inhabit sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. Known as African and Asian elephants, these majestic giants are immensely fascinating creatures. Sadly, ongoing habitat loss and illegal poaching have significantly reduced their global population.
