About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: Elephant, Elephant gun, War elephant, Elephant intelligence, Asian elephant, Execution by elephant, African Bush Elephant, Indian Elephant, Cultural depictions of elephants, Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, Elephant joke, Blind men and an elephant, Borneo Elephant, Sri Lankan Elephant, African elephant, Elephants in Kerala culture, Elephant goad, History of elephants in Europe, List of elephant species, Mela shikar, The National Elephant Center, Center for Elephant Conservation, African Forest Elephant, Seismic communication, 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter, Musth, Mahout, North African Elephant, Elephas, Howdah, Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home, Sumatran Elephant, White elephant, Elephant's graveyard, Dasara Elephants, Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, Save the Elephants, Syrian Elephant, Jarkov Mammoth, Pygmy elephant, Rogue elephant of Aberdare Forest, Kallana, Salt and Sauce, Temple elephant, Elephant polo, Elephant crushing, Hastin, Dubare, Floppy trunk syndrome, Haathi Chaap, Maputo Special Reserve, Kaziranga Elephant Festival, Chinese elephant, Koonki, Phandi, Loxodonta adaurora, National Elephant Institute, Usuthu-Tembe-Futi Transfrontier Conservation Area, Kumki, Khedda, Milk tusk. Excerpt: Elephants are large land mammals in two genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta. Three species of elephant are living today: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant (also known as the Indian elephant). All other species and genera of Elephantidae are extinct, some since the last ice age although dwarf forms of mammoths may have survived as late as 2,000 BCE. Elephants and other Elephantidae were once classified with other thick-skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata. Elephants are the largest land animals now living. The elephant's gestation period is ...
