| 5 Until recently, African Forest elephants were thought to be a subspecies of the African elephant, but new research discovered that they are actually a separate species entirely | The New Encyclopedia of Mammals |
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| "Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt African Expedition of 1934 | Elephant Research and Education Center, Department of Companion Animal and Wildlife Clinics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University |
| The following cladogram shows the placement of the genus Mammuthus among other proboscideans, based on characteristics of the hyoid bone in the neck: In 2005, researchers assembled a complete mitochondrial genome profile of the woolly mammoth, which allowed them to trace the close evolutionary relationship between mammoths and Asian elephants Elephas maximus | The elephant The elephant is a huge mammal, one of the largest wild animals on the face of the earth |
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| "Matriarchs As Repositories of Social Knowledge in African Elephants" | Characteristics of the elephant There are many differences between the Asian and African elephants, as the African elephant is larger and has more rib cage involvement than the Asian elephant, but they share many common characteristics: the large, strong skull, the long hose, the large ivory gums that grow next to the mouth, the strong jaw |
With two big bumps on the skull, gray dress and small ears, the Asian elephant is easily differentiated from African cousin.
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