Importantly, despite compelling genetic research concluding that two species of African elephants exist — forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) — Africa's ...
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 ...
Members of the species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus greatly exceeded the size of modern African ... Palaeoloxodon elephants and may help resolve another mystery about the elephant family tree.