What is African bush elephant?
{{Taxobox | name = African bush elephant | status = EN | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN2006|assessors=African Elephant Specialist Group|year=2004|id=12392|title=Loxodonta africana|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Database entry includes a range map and a lengthy justification of why this species is vulnerable</ref> | trend = unknown | image = Elephant near ndutu.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Proboscidea]] | familia = [[Elephant]]idae | genus = ''[[African elephant|Loxodonta]]'' | binomial = ''Loxodonta africana'' | binomial_authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach|Blumenbach]], 1797) | range_map = LoxodontaAfricanaIUCN.svg | range_map_caption = Range of the African bush elephant {{leftlegend|#008000|Resident|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#AAFFAA|Possibly resident|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#FF8080|Possibly extinct|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#FFFF00|Resident and reintroduced|outline=gray}} }} The '''African bush elephant''' (''Loxodonta africana'') is the larger of the two [[species]] of [[African elephant]].<ref name=MSW3>Shoshani, Jeheskel ''et al'' 2005. ''Mammal species of the world''. 3rd ed, 2 vols, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 91. {{ISBN|978-0-8018-8221-0}}</ref> It is the largest living [[terrestrial animal]], with fully grown males reaching an average shoulder height of {{Convert|3.04–3.36|m|ft}} and a body mass of {{convert|5.2–6.9|tonnes|lb}}; the largest recorded specimen had a shoulder height of {{convert|3.96|m|ft}} and an estimated body mass of {{convert|10.4|tonnes|lb}}. The African bush elephant is characterised by its long [[Elephant trunk|trunk]].<ref>Larramendi A. 2016. Shoulder height, body mass and shape of proboscideans. ''Acta Palaeontologica Polonica'' '''61''' (3): 537–574. [http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app001362014.html]</ref> The [[population]] of bush elephants has drastically declined in the last thirty years. It is hunted for its [[ivory]] and meat. Protection by gam