- a variation of African forest elephant.
forest elephant
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For those working to save them, this project is about more than just rehabilitating one young forest elephant, but ensuring the future of her species.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
The preference of Japanese dealers for the hard ivory of forest elephant tusks is particularly worrisome.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2021
In late March, the International Union for Conservation of Nature formally divided African elephants into two distinct species, the savanna elephants described in the ethogram and the smaller, rarer and more elusive forest elephant.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2021
Between 2002 and 2013, central Africa's forest elephant population declined by two-thirds.
From US News ● Jun. 4, 2016
The second was One Special Elephant: The Story of Penelope Petunia, which tells of a baby forest elephant in Dzanga Bai, in central Africa, who is threatened by poachers.
From National Geographic
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