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African forest elephant
Loxodonta cyclotis
Mammals · Critically endangered
vs
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Elephant
Loxodonta africana
Mammals · Endangered
One clip names both of them
151 views between them.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
no figure yet
🐘 African forest elephant
4,565 kg
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🐘 African forest elephant
2.8 m
🐘 Elephant
Body length
no figure yet
🐘 African forest elephant
7.5 m
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🐘 African forest elephant
25 km/h
🐘 Elephant
Maximum lifespan
no figure yet
🐘 African forest elephant
80 yr
🐘 Elephant · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Loxodonta (genus), home to 2 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.