Mass: 2731 kg based on Harthoorn 1965 and Laws 1966
Diet: browser-grazer based on Bothma et al. 2004 and Codron et al. 2006; grazer-browser based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990
Abundance: 0.06 to 25.37% (median 0.78%)
Latitudinal range: -34.4° to 15.7°Habitats: (6), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (5)
Found in 17 samples
Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)
Kenya: Karungu (Late Pleistocene)
Namibia: Etosha Region
Senegal: Diouboye (Holocene)
South Africa: Blombos Cave (LSA) (Holocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 2 (Middle Pleistocene), Duinefontein 2 Horizon 3 (Middle Pleistocene)
Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic) (Holocene)
Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mwanihana Forest (2013), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli'ika
Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)
Uganda: Mainaro, Nile Delta
♀ body mass | 2721554 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
♀ body mass | 2041166 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
♀ body mass | 2438000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2458000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2629000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 3133000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2121000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 3232000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2344000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 1928000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2383000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 1957000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2361000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2136000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2891000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2007000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2888000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2145000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2470000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2472000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2697000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2942000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2717000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2395000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2090000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2375000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2967000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♀ body mass | 2822000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 3175147 kg | N = 1 | Harthoorn 1965 |
♂ body mass | 2973000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 2632000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 2927000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 4133000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 2855000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 3755000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 2841000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 4483000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 1702000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 4936000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 4029000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 3807000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 2640000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
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♂ body mass | 2712000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
♂ body mass | 2331000 kg | N = 1 | Laws 1966 |
See also Loxodonta, Loxodonta adaurora, Loxodonta cyclotis, Loxodonta exoptata, Loxodonta sp.