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Traduction :The elephants :
There are three species of elephants, two in Africa and one in Asia, these species are then separated into 7 distinct subspecies mainly distinguishable by their facies.
African elephants :
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) are the two species of African elephants.
There is also a subspecies, the West African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana oxyotis).
Asian elephants:
The Asian elephant is the only Asian species, it is divided into four subspecies, the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), the Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus), the Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and the Borneo elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis).
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Great work.
Yes I used to think all elephants in Africa were the same species, but now I know the bush and forest species are actually different/distinguishable.
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Thought there was two species of elephant today
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No, three ! but the African forest elephant has been recognized only relatively recently!
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I really love this informative panel!
Never knew there were so much subspecies with different looks :3
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Thanks ! glad to have been able to teach you information!
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never realise how different bush elephant tusk are from the rest including the forest one
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yes it is the only species that really has the defense pointed forward!
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