Loxodonta africana (ungulate)

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)

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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

Size measurements:
♀ body mass2721554 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass2041166 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♀ body mass2438000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2458000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2629000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass3133000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2121000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass3232000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2344000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass1928000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2383000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass1957000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2361000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2136000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2891000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2007000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2888000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2145000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2470000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2472000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2697000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2942000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2717000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2395000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2090000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2375000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2967000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♀ body mass2822000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass3175147 kgN = 1Harthoorn 1965
♂ body mass2973000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass2632000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass2927000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass4133000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass2855000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass3755000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass2841000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass4483000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass1702000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass4936000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass4029000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass3807000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass2640000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass5210000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass2712000 kgN = 1Laws 1966
♂ body mass2331000 kgN = 1Laws 1966

See also Loxodonta, Loxodonta adaurora, Loxodonta cyclotis, Loxodonta exoptata, Loxodonta sp.