African Elephants
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
BY PATRICK MCGOVERN
Taxonomic classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammal
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Photo by VinothChandar
Scientific name
Elephas
Common name
Elephant
Geographical location of the organism
Native:
Angola (Angola); Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Status on the Red List
Endangered
Threats to the organism Poaching for ivory and meat has traditionally been the major cause of the species' decline.
Population numbers
277,000 in Central Africa, 110,000 in eastern Africa, 204,000 in southern Africa, and 19,000 in western Africa.
Photo by angela7dreams
Any laws or procedures in place to save or protect the species? If so, what are they
Hunting of elephants is illegal
Photo by Nanagyei
