Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund Elephants are the largest land mammals on earth and have distinctly massive bodies, large ears, and long trunks They use their trunks to pick up objects, trumpet warnings, greet other elephants, or suck up water for drinking or bathing, among other uses
African Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund There are two species of African elephants—the savanna (or bush) elephant and the forest elephant Savanna elephants are larger than forest elephants, and their tusks curve outwards In addition to being smaller, forest elephants are darker and their tusks are straighter and point downward
Top 10 Elephant Facts - World Wildlife Fund Though elephants are native to only Africa and Asia, they hold significant cultural and symbolic meaning around the world WWF focuses on conserving the world's largest land mammal in landscapes across both Asia and Africa
Asian Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund Elephants and many other wildlife species are now finding their historical corridors and forest habitats fragmented and destroyed This is pushing people and wildlife into closer proximity to each other, resulting in increased negative, and often dangerous interactions
Tackling critical threats facing Asian elephants | Stories | WWF Elephants are integral to maintaining healthy ecosystems, including clean water, fertile soils, and climate regulation for many other species and millions of people As a keystone species, elephants create new habitats and resources for other animal and plant species and contribute to forest biodiversity through the nutrients and seeds they
The status of African elephants | Magazine Articles | WWF Botswana is currently home to more elephants than any other African country, and southern Africa remains a stronghold for 293,000, or 70%, of the estimated remaining African elephants African elephants are highly social creatures that live in herds led by older, single female matriarchs
African Forest Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund African elephants have less room to roam than ever before as expanding human populations convert land for agriculture, settlements and developments The elephants’ range shrank from three million square miles in 1979 to just over one million square miles in 2007
Indian Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund Elephants are large and destructive animals and small farmers can lose their entire livelihood overnight from an elephant raid Elephants have also caused millions of dollars of damage to large agricultural operations
African savanna elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund African savanna elephants are the largest species of elephant and the biggest terrestrial animal on Earth They are easily distinguished by their very large ears—which allow them to radiate excess heat—and front legs which are noticeably longer than the hind legs