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by Roaring Earth Staff A video of an elephant with the title "Largest Elephant in the world, weighing approx 8000 kgs" has been shared online recently. Watch: While not technically the largest elephant ever, this giant pachyderm certainly ranks high on the list. This elephant is one of the last great "tusker" elephants of Kenya.
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One of the largest elephants on this list can grow up to 6.6 and 9.8 feet tall, weighs in at 4,500 to 11,000 pounds. The Sri Lankan elephant is one of the largest of the Asian species, with the largest having reached past 12,000 pounds. Most experts recognize three species of elephants: two from Africa and the Asian elephant.
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The African bush elephant is also Earth's largest living land animal, and it is one of the world's most famous, being renowned globally for its elongated nose ("trunk"), long tusks, and large sail-shaped ears. The African bush elephant is considered one of Africa's "Big Five" animals with which the continent is associated.
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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 ).
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The African savanna elephant, also known as the bush elephant, is the largest species of elephant in the world. The ability to grow and roam in savannas has made them much taller than their African counterparts, the forest elephants. On average, a male African savanna elephant can grow up as tall as 3.2 meters (10.5 feet).
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The African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest living terrestrial animal, and males of this species are particularly impressive in size.
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The African bush elephant is the largest land mammal in the world and the largest of the three elephant species. Adults reach up to 24 feet in length and 13 feet in height and weigh up to 11 tons. As herbivores, they spend much of their days foraging and eating grass, leaves, bark, fruit, and a variety of foliage.
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African elephants have two fingerlike features on the end of their trunk that they can use to grab small items. (Asian elephants have just one .) Both male and female African elephants have tusks.
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The African Elephant, the world's biggest elephant. Wikimedia Commons The largest land-dwelling mammal on earth, at seven tons, the African elephant is smaller than the blue whale for good reason: The buoyancy of water helps to counteract the blue whale's weight, and elephants are terrestrial.
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African elephants are the larger of the two species. They grow to between 8.2 and 13 feet (2.5 and 4 meters) tall at the shoulder and weigh 5,000 to 14,000 lbs. (2,268 to 6,350 kilograms.
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The African savanna elephant is the largest elephant species, while the Asian forest elephant and the African forest elephant are of a comparable, smaller size. Asian elephants differ in several ways from their African relatives, with more than 10 distinct physical differences between them.
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African bush elephant. Loxodonta africana. 352,000 [1] EN [1] [1] The population has been reduced dramatically (african elephant populations in 18 countries declined by ~30%) since a mass ivory sell off by southern african countries in the early 2000's to present time. Although slight population increases were noted in certain SADC states.
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While elephants are known for their impressive size, there was one elephant that stood out among the rest - the "Giant of Angola," the largest elephant ever recorded. How Elephant Families.
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The Giant of Angola was a male elephant, and according to estimations he stood at an incredible height of 13 feet at the shoulder. This is taller than any other recorded elephant in history. His weight was estimated to be over 24,000 pounds, making him one of the heaviest elephants ever recorded as well.
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Angola has yielded the world's biggest recorded African elephant, weighing in at a colossal 24,000 pounds (11,000 kg), with a shoulder height of 3.96 m (13 ft) and being at least a meter taller than the average male African elephant! What was the largest elephant that ever lived?