forest elephants
- plural of forest elephant.
Example Sentences
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That puts places like Okomu, a tropical forest in the country's southwest -- and the endangered buffalo, forest elephants and white-bellied pangolins that live in it -- increasingly at risk.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Ali Bongo's campaign to preserve oil-producing Gabon's rainforests and forest elephants, a cornerstone of his rule, initially raised hopes he might usher in change in a region of autocrats.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
The number of endangered forest elephants in Gabon has increased so significantly — from 60,000 in 1990 to 95,000 last year — that the creatures have become a nuisance and even a threat.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
In 2002, Omar Bongo, the president of Gabon, set up a network of national parks to protect the country's rainforest from logging and help save its population of forest elephants.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022
I have seen the little forest elephants that move in quiet bands, nudging the trees with their small, pinkish tusks.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
