what is are all the differences found in African elephant and Asian elephant
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There are two species of elephants.
- African Elephant
- Asian Elephant
Lemme tell you! these elephants can be differentiated most easily by their ears, their head shape, and their tusks.
- African elephants have much larger ears.
- These elephants have rounded heads.
- Both male and female African elephants can have tusks.
- The African elephant is the larger than the asian one, with bulls growing up to 4 meters tall.
- This elephant is tallest at the shoulder.
- An Adult African elephants weigh between 4,000 and 8,000kg.
- The African elephants' skin is more wrinkled.
- African elephant teeth are 'loxadont'
- Asian elephants have smaller, round ears.
- These elephants have a twin-domed head, which means there’s a divot line running up the head.
- Only male Asian elephants can grow tusks.
- Female Asian elephants have rudimentary tusks called tushes, which can be also found in some males.
- In contrast, the biggest Asian males reach no more than 3.5 meters.
- This elephant's tallest point is its back.
- Asian elephants are lighter, weigh between 3000 and 6,000kg.
- Asian elephants' have smoother skin.
- This elephant teeth have a compressed diamond-shaped tooth profile.
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Asian elephants are smaller than their African elephants. their ears are smaller compared to the large fan-shaped ears of the African species. .
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