by, morgan b. species! the elephant species is elphas maximums. these are the species of an african...

By,Morgan B.

Species!The elephant species is Elphas Maximums. These are

the species of an African and an Asian elephant. There used to be many more types of elephants but they are all extinct.

Physical features!Elephants skin color is gray. Their skin is

usually loose and wrinkled. They do not have hair! African elephants can weigh up to 6 tons! Male elephants can be up to 13 feet tall! The elephants nose is called a trunk. It is the most useful part of their body. The African elephants ears are the shape of Africa.

Lifespan!A elephant lives about 50-70 years. However

the oldest elephant was 82. The African elephant is endangered.

Habitat!

Most elephants live in grass lands of Africa and the forest of Asia. However, elephants can live wherever as long as it has enough food and water.

Climate!Elephants live where the sun is usually

blazing hot!

Landforms!Elephants live where it is muddy, there are a

lot of trees and plants and a lot of water. They live in the wild on much of the African continent south of the Sahara.

Food!A elephant is a herbivore. A herbivore is a animal

that only eat plants. They smell, drink, eat and wash themselves with their trunk. Elephants raise there trunk to the plant or tree to eat. It eats roots, leaves, fruit, grass and bark.

Preys and predators!Baby elephants are prey of lions, crocodiles,

and other meat eaters. If threatened, the elephant uses a loud trumpet sound as a warning.

Behavior!A baby elephant sucks it’s trunk for comfort

because on the bottom of the trunk is something called a thumb.

Reproduction!The elephant has the longest pregnancy

which is 22 months. Females have their babies at about 13 or 14 years old. They stop having them at about 50 years.

Physical adaptation! The trunk helps them adapt to their habitat

because it helps it communicate with other elephants.

Behavioral Adaptation!Being a good friend is very important to an

elephant. They are very sad when one another dies. Someone saw an elephant become deeply depressed after her baby died from a sickness. Sometimes mothers linger around the where her baby died or run around ripping up bushes.

PhysiologicalThe tail helps it swat away bugs. The trunk

helps it cool of because it takes up water and they spray it all over themselves!

Fun Facts!Did you know Elephants can cry, laugh, play

and have incredible memories!Did you know Elephants are the largest land

animal ever!Did you know The elephant is the favorite

animal of people all over the worldThese jumbos aren’t dumbos! The elephant

has the largest mammal brain.Did you know elephants adopt baby

elephants!