🐘African forest elephant
Metsänorsu (Loxodonta cyclotis) on afrikannorsulajeista pienempi ja väriltään tummempi kuin savanninorsu (Loxodonta africana). DNA-tutkimusten jälkeen sitä pidetään nykyisin omana lajinaan; aiemmin se oli afrikannorsun alalaji (Loxodonta africana cyclotis).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
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- Body length
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- Shoulder height
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- Top speed
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- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the African forest elephant
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderProboscidea
- ›familyElephantidae
- ›genusLoxodonta
- ›speciesLoxodonta cyclotis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderElephants · Proboscidea
- familyElephantidae
- genusLoxodonta
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderElephants · Proboscidea
- familyElephantidae
- genusLoxodonta
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