Gourt > Science > Environment > Biodiversity > Conservation > Mammals > Elephants
Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea. Elephantidae has three living species: the African Bush Elephant and the African Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant) and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian Elephant). Other species have become extinct since the last ice age, which ended about 10,000 years ago.
Elephants are mammals, and the largest land animals alive today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kg (265 lb). An elephant may live as long as 70 years, sometimes longer. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1974. It was male and weighed 12,000 kg (26,400 lb). The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric variant that lived on the island of Crete until 5000 BC, possibly 3000 BC. Their scattered skulls, featuring a single large trunk-hole at the front, perhaps formed the basis of belief in existence of cyclops, one-eyed giants featured in Homer's Odyssey.
Recent findings of animal remains in central China show Prehistoric humans ate elephants. The elephant is now a protected animal, and keeping one as a pet is prohibited around the world.
More on [ Elephant ]
Elephants :: Mammalia
Elephants :: Specific Animals
Elephants and Ivory :: Trade in Wildlife and Plants
Just read, elephants are preggers for 2 years! That freaking sucks!
ohmygeemalissa (Malissa Tsang) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:18:03 -0000
Just read, elephants are preggers for 2 years! That freaking sucks!
Football : CAN 2010/ Zoom sur les adversaires des Eléphants - Que pèsent le Ghana et le Burkina ?: Les adversai.. http://bit.ly/8DUCL3
AbidjanTV (abidjantv.net) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:16:11 -0000
Football : CAN 2010/ Zoom sur les adversaires des Eléphants - Que pèsent le Ghana et le Burkina ?: Les adversai.. http://bit.ly/8DUCL3
PETA writes to Mamata on elephantsâ death: Referring to the death of four elephants, including two calves, in Ass http://url4.eu/1417V
IndiaNews247 (IndiaNews247) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:10:17 -0000
PETA writes to Mamata on elephants’ death: Referring to the death of four elephants, including two calves, in Ass http://url4.eu/1417V
@glacierprincess i'll def. ask him to go to safari and ride d elephants ~
deesapearlife (Deandra Octawidya) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:09:27 -0000
@glacierprincess i'll def. ask him to go to safari and ride d elephants ~
#raipur Wild elephants trample man to death - http://raipurlive.com/news/wild-elephants-trample-man-death
raipurlive (raipurlive.com) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:06:53 -0000
#raipur Wild elephants trample man to death - http://raipurlive.com/news/wild-elephants-trample-man-death
RT @macsnorky: Hehehe RT @BitofMyMustard: Why have elephants got big ears? Because Noddy wouldn't pay the ransom.
lindalillyc (Linda Simpson) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:59:17 -0000
RT @macsnorky: Hehehe RT @BitofMyMustard: Why have elephants got big ears? Because Noddy wouldn't pay the ransom.
African Elephant Conservation Trust - The goal of the African Elephant Conservation Trust is the successful conservation of Africa's elephants within the context of human needs and pressures.
Center for Elephant Conservation - Providing a superior environment for Asian elephant conservation, breeding, scientific study, and retirement.
Living With Elephants Foundation - Resolving the conflict between the African elephant and people through research, education, community outreach and tourism programs.
Meta Description: [ Mission: resolve conflict between the African elephant and people through research, education, community outreach and tourism programs. Base: Okavango Delta Botswana. Doug Groves, elephant safaris, conservation, endangered species, wildlife, travel, pachyderm ]
Save The Elephants - Securing a future for elephants and sustaining the beauty and ecological integrity of the places where they live.
Meta Description: [ Save the Elephants Home ]
The Elephant Listening Project - A project which assesses the potential of acoustic monitoring for evaluating the abundance and health of elephants living in the dense forest.
Meta Description: [ Cornell's Bioacoustics Research Program develops and applies new techniques for recording and analyzing elephant vocal communication. Currently, the primary objective of the Elephant Listening Project is monitoring African forest elephants. ]
| Elephants rampage in eastern India Video Reuters.com | |
| Next Video | |
