Elefant utbredning

afrikanska elefanter 1 asiatisk elefant 2 vad äter elefanter 3 afrikansk elefant vikt 4 Reproduction and life cycle. Elephants live in small family groups led by old females (cows). Where food is plentiful, the groups join together. Most males (bulls) live in bachelor herds apart from the cows. Males and females both possess two glands that open between the eye and ear. Elephants of all ages and sexes secrete a fluid called. 5 Arter: Afrikansk savannelefant (Loxodonta africana), afrikansk regnskogselefant (Loxodonta cyclotis), asiatisk elefant (Elephas maximus) Storlek och livslängd. Storlek: höjd upp till 3,3 meter, vikt upp till 6 ton Livslängd: oftast 40–60 år. Könsmognad: vid 12–14 års ålder Dräktighetstid: 22 månader. Utbredning. 6 Elephant. Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include mammoths and mastodons. 7 Elephants may stroke each other with their trunks before the male mounts the female from behind, standing almost vertically as they mate. Elephant sex lasts for up to two minutes and afterward, he will stay near the female and guard her from other males. Females may mate with more than one bull in each estrus cycle, which lasts up to 18 weeks. 8 Den afrikanska savannelefanten finns i östra och södra Afrika, med flest populationer i Botswana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia och Sydafrika; den asiatiska. 9 Utbredning. 10 Proponents of the trophy hunting of these elephant bulls generally either argue that the individuals selected are at an age where they have already had time to contribute to the gene pool or are no longer reproducing. Those against the practice argue that hunting these “genetically gifted” elephants amounts to the “ surgical removal of. 11