DESCRIPTION: Forest elephants are the smaller of the two African elephant species. They also have straighter, thinner tusks, more rounded ears and differently shaped skulls. Both elephant species ...

Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two species of African elephants exist — forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) — Africa's ...

So, it’s no surprise that when a young elephant calf found itself trapped in a water ditch, a family ... elephants: African savanna elephants (or African bush elephants), African forest ...