It's scientific class is a Mammal because it has very small spread out hairs all over it's body.
it also has a scientific genus. It is loxotonta.
its species is an elephant
Its biome is sometimes the forest sometimes the savannah.
It is found all over Southern Africa
Its special adaptations are its trunk, fan shaped ears, tusks, and legs.
It is 10 to 12 feet tall.
It can also weigh up to 12,000 pounds!!
Its body covering is wrinkly and feels kind of like leather.
the elephant is very big, ( the biggest land mammal on the planet!) it has tusks made out of ivory (which is why they are endangered beacause poachers are hunting them against the law!) it has a really cool trunk, big ears and a small tail.
The african elephant is warm blooded or in othe words, endothermic.
The name of the elephants young is calves.
If an elephant is in a group we call them a herd then.
Two related species are the wooly mammoth and the manatee.
It is a herbivore.
It eats shrub leaves, herbs, and roots.
the african elephant has no pradators unless it is a baby then tigers, lions and crocodiles.
It doesn't need to have a defensive attack because of their large size.
It talks to other elephants in its herd too, they sometimes on their journeys they come across a dead carcass and actually stop to mourn.
One way of communication is for to take its trunk and touch another elephant in the herds fore head.
Sadly, the african elephant is on the endangered list because of poachers that are poaching them for their ivory tusks.