Elephants

Hey guys today we will meet a huge terrestrial mammal, awesomely powerful and respected as well as feared by all living things including humans, the Elephant. 

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	Elephantidae

The different species of elephants are:-

• The African Bush Elephant,
  
• African Forest Elephant and
• The Asian Elephant (also known as Indian Elephant).

The animals are the largest land animals. Their gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land mammal. They weigh around 120Kg at birth. They life span is around 50 to 70 years.

The elephants have appeared in various cultures. In Asia they are praised for their intelligence and wisdom. 

Elephant the name emerged from a Greek word.

The oldest elephant recorded was 82 years old and the largest elephant recorded was 12,000 kg with a shoulder height of 14feet taller then the average African elephant.

A healthy adult elephant has no predators but then too in the past few years their population have dramatically declined because of the humans. Its a shame to say that if the present conditions continue then the elephants will soon be extinct.

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