African elephant 

Characteristics of an African elephant

An African elephant has large ears that are shaped like the continent of Africa. Both male African elephants and female African elephants have visible tusks. The skin of African elephants is very wrinkly. The backs of African elephants are swayed. The end of the trunks of African elephants are as if they have 2 fingers. These 2 finger-like end of their trunks help them pick things up. Although Asian elephants only have 1 finger, they are also good at picking things up.

Habitat of African elephants

An African elephant is an elephant found in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and national parks in South Africa. The habitat of African elephants are grassland savanna and open woodland.

The largest elephant was an African elephant

The largest elephant on record was an adult male African elephant. The largest African elephant weighed about 24,000 pounds (10,886 kilograms) and this African elephant was 13 feet (3.96 meters) tall at the shoulder! Most African elephants don't get that large. African elephants tend to grow larger than Asian elephants. 

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