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Baby African Elephant
African elephants (Loxodonta africana), also known as African bush elephants or African savanna elephants, are the largest living land mammal. African elephants have a large head, large ears, and a long muscular trunk. The two front incisors of African elephants grow into large tusks that curve forward. Tusks are present in both male and female African elephants. The African elephant's trunk has two fingerlike outgrowths, one at the top edge of the tip and another on the bottom edge. These outgrowths, also called proboscides, enable the elephant it to pick up small objects and strip leaves from trees.
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Author: Tanya Stollznow
© Tanya Stollznow
Photo size: 17.9 Mpixels (51.3 MB uncompressed) - 5184x3456 pixels (17.3x11.5 in / 43.9x29.3 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: africa, african, african elephant, animal, arge, baby elephant, elephant, grey, skin, texture, trunk, wild, wildlife
Published in: World Wildlife