The African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) is larger than
the African Forest Elephant, though both the species have
generally been classified as a single species, which is known as
the African Elephant. They are much larger than Asian Elephants.
The African Elephant is the largest living land animal, growing
up to6 to 7 meters in length and 3.5 to 4 meters in height, and
weighing 6,000 kg to 9,000 kg (13,000 to 20,000 lb). The African
Elephant is identified with its large head, very large ears, a
large muscular trunk, and two prominent long tusks. The tusks
are well-developed in both males and females, though males have
longer and thicker tusks. African Elephants are herbivorous,
consuming about 250 kg of leaves, branches and other vegetable
matter per day. The ingested food is defecated without being
digested fully. African elephant experts claim that these large
feces mounds contain seeds of plants and hence the elephants
help in dispersal of seeds of plants. The elephants also drink
about 200 liters of