Main Characteristics of Elephants

• Elephants are the heaviest land animals.
• There are two African and three Asian elephant species.
• Elephants have a trunk and tusks.
• Elephants are herbivores.
• Elephants live in Africa and Asia.
• Their habitat is savannahs, grasslands, semi-deserts, rainforests, bushlands and swamps.
• The African steppe elephant is the largest elephant.

Elephant Family Tree

Species List