African Bush Elephant

Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797)

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Loxodonta africana (African Bush Elephant) is a species of mammals in the family Elephantidae. It is listed as vulnerable by IUCN and in CITES Appendix II. It is found in the Afrotropics and the Palearctic. Loxodonta africana is a diurnal browser. Individuals are known to live for 960 months and can grow to 3940034 g. Reproduction is dioecious.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/vulnerable
Definition: A taxon is Vulnerable when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Vulnerable, and it is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Source: http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/12392

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/CITES_II
Definition: Appendix II lists species that are not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled. It also includes so-called "look-alike species", i.e. species whose specimens in trade look like those of species listed for conservation reasons. International trade in specimens of Appendix-II species may be authorized by the granting of an export permit or re-export certificate. No import permit is necessary for these species under CITES (although a permit is needed in some countries that have taken stricter measures than CITES requires). Permits or certificates should only be granted if the relevant authorities are satisfied that certain conditions are met, above all that trade will not be detrimental to the survival of the species in the wild. (See Article IV of the Convention)
Source: https://www.speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/4521/legal

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/browsing
Definition: herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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EOL has data for 66 attributes, including:

conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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Threatened
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/federalThreatened
- Definition: The organism has federal Threatened status in the United States of America.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Colophospermum mopane (Benth.) Leonard (balsam tree)
ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling
- Definition: An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.
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first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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2.588 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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desert
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000179
- Definition: A desert biome is a terrestrial biome which loses more liquid water by evapotranspiration than is supplied by precipitation and includes communities adapted to these conditions.
- Comment: Preliminary definition.
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has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002557
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Bacillus anthracis
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758) (Lion)
is vector for
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002459
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Grewia (grewia)
number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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25
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Cobboldia loxodontis Brauer 1896
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Grewia bicolor Juss. (Mwingili)
trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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browser
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/browsing
- Definition: herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of African bush elephant. View this species on GBIF

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