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African Forest Elephant

The African Forest Elephant is unique in the sense that it has very round ears and is considerably smaller than most other species of elephants.

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Description

Latin Name: Loxodonta cyclotis
Distribution: Africa

African Forest Elephants are closely related to the African Bush Elephant but in recent years it has been determined that they are in fact a seperate species. DNA analysis which was not previously available was used to make this determination.