Order Proboscidea
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African ElephantFamily:Elephantidae
Photo: Suchana Seth@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/sharealike
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African ElephantFamily:Elephantidae
Trunks. Photo: shutupyourface@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/sharealike
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African ElephantFamily:Elephantidae
Baby with adults. Photo: Today is a good day@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/noderiv
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African ElephantFamily:Elephantidae
Photo: Arno & Louise@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom
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African ElephantFamily:Elephantidae
Photo: digitalART2@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib
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Asian ElephantFamily:Elephantidae
Photo: Ravages@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/sharealike
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African ElephantFamily:Elephantidae
Photo: Jayanth Sharma@flickr.com License: Creative Commons attrib/noncom/noderiv
1 Family, 3 Species
Elephants
Africa & Asia
Trunk present, incisors modified as tusks, herbivorous
4,500 to 7,000 kg.