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African forest elephant displaying defensive posture at Dzanga Bai🐘

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SpeciesProboscideaElephantidae
Mammals

🐘African forest elephant

Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900)

فيل الغابات الإفريقي (الاسم العلمي: Loxodonta cyclotis) (الإنجليزية: African Forest Elephant) هو نوع من الحيوانات يتبع جنس الفيل الإفريقي من فصيلة الفيلة.

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Also called
Loxodonta cyclotis, Forest elephant
Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderProboscidea
  5. ›familyElephantidae
  6. ›genusLoxodonta
  7. ›speciesLoxodonta cyclotis
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderElephants · Proboscidea
  3. familyElephantidae
  4. genusLoxodonta
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. orderElephants · Proboscidea
  11. familyElephantidae
  12. genusLoxodonta
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In other languages
فيل الغابات الإفريقي (ar), Waldelefant (de), Słoń leśny (pl), éléphant de forêt d'Afrique (fr), פיל יער אפריקני (he), 둥근귀코끼리 (ko) … and 27 more languages
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African forest elephant displaying defensive posture at Dzanga BaiLoxodontacyclotisAfrican elephant, Dzanga Sangha, Central African Republic (18322370163)
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