Elephant
Did you know that Elephant is the largest land animal in the world.
Animals that have this trunk belong to the animals are funny and unique. But unfortunately, its habitat is now threatened with extinction. Many hunt for elephants. The sadistic hunters kill and take the elephant ivory then traded.
I want to introduce two species of elephants in the world.
Asian Elephant
The first is Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus). In Asia there are several elephant sub-species including:
Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus)
Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus)
Borneo elephant Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis)
Characteristics of Asian elephants include:
Has Length reaches 6.4 meters
Weight reaches 5 tons
Height ranges from 2 to 3 meters
Habitat This Asian elephant usually lives in a grove of trees.
African Elephant
Second, is the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana). There are two types of African Elephants that I know of, including:
African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana africana)
African forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis)
Characteristics of this elephant, among others, is.
Has a length of 7.5 meters
Weight 6 tons
Height of 2.5 to 4 meters
Habitat The African elephant is a forest and a desert.
Elephants are also known as a good animal, usually spend as much as 136 kilograms of food in a day. Hean These mammals usually eat fruits, plants such as foliage, twigs and also plant roots.
In addition to hunting and meat trade, the threat to elephants is habitat degradation and fragmentation. Then also the rampant conflicts between human elephants. This conflict arises because elephants are considered to disturb plantations belonging to the people. Though this condition could have occurred due to widespread forest clearing for land that disturbs the habitat of elephants.
Let's keep the elephant from the threat of extinction for the survival and education of the next generation.
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