World Animalia

Elephant  is the common name for any of the large land mammals comprising the family  Elephantidae  in the order Proboscidea, characterized ...

TRUNK The proboscis, or trunk, is a fusion of the nose and upper lip, elongated and specialized to become the elephant's most important ...

Elephant shrew (or elephant-shrew) is the common name for any of the small insectivorous mammals comprising the order Macroscelidea, whose l...

SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 1. African Elephant African elephants have traditionally been classified as a single species comprising two distinct ...

HARVEST FROM THE WILD The harvest of elephants, both legal and illegal, has had some unexpected consequences on elephant anatomy beyond that...