Artie (Aardvark) is a male African savanna elephant born in the wilds of Zimbabwe in 19... Learn More
Artie (Aardvark) is a male African savanna elephant born in the wilds of Zimbabwe in 19... Learn More
Donna, formerly known as Eloise, was born in the wilds of Zimbabwe in 1980. At the age... Learn More
Born in the wilds of Africa in 1983, Edie was captured and relocated to the United Stat... Learn More
Flora was born in 1982 in the wilds of Zimbabwe, Africa. She was orphaned at age two an... Learn More
Nosey was born in Zimbabwe in 1982. She was captured from the wild in 1984 and brought... Learn More
Sukari was born wild in Zimbabwe in 1984 and imported to the United States in 1985. Upo... Learn More
Tange was born in the wilds of Africa in 1973 and then captured and imported with other... Learn More
Billie was born in India in 1962. Like most Asian elephants arriving in the United Stat... Learn More
Debbie was wild born in Asia in 1971, captured at a young age, and sent to the United S... Learn More
Minnie was born in Asia in 1966. She was taken from the wild and exported to North Amer... Learn More
Ronnie was born wild in Asia in 1966. Like so many other circus elephants, she was capt... Learn More
Captured in Thailand as a calf, Sissy first appeared in the United States on exhibit at... Learn More
Elephants are the only remaining members of the Proboscidea order of mammals. The order included the extinct wooly mammoth and American mastodon.
Elephants are a “keystone species.” If a keystone species disappears through extinction or removal, the entire ecosystem would change drastically. Other species rely on the keystone species for survival.
Today there are three surviving elephant species:
African savanna elephants (Loxodonta Africana) live in the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. African forest elephant (Loxodonta Cyclotis) live in the Congo River Basin in western central Africa.
Among Asian elephants (Elephas Maximus), there are three subspecies: Indian, Sri Lankan, and Sumatran. These are distinguished by physical traits related to their geographic location.
In the wild, elephants are migratory, walking miles each day. They form intricate family structures and grieve for their dead in a more-than-instinctive way. They show humor and express compassion.
There are several anatomical and behavioral differences between African and Asian elephants.
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