Loxodonta cyclotis

Also known as African forest elephant, Forest elephant

species of mammal

OverviewAI-generated

Loxodonta cyclotis, commonly known as the forest elephant or African forest elephant, is a species within the family Elephantidae. It belongs to the order Proboscidea and the class Mammalia, with its parent taxon identified as the African elephant. The scientific name for this taxon is Loxodonta cyclotis (Matschie, 1900).

The species is classified as Critically Endangered according to the IUCN Red List status from 2021. Records of this organism have been documented in several countries, including the Central African Republic, Liberia, Gabon, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, and Cameroon. These records are held by institutions such as MSB, UWBM, CLO, USNM, and DMNS.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Critically Endangered

Loxodonta cyclotis

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderProboscidea
FamilyElephantidae

Observations recorded1,621

提示：本条目的主题不是普通非洲象。非洲森林象（學名：Loxodonta cyclotis）又名圓耳象，主要分布於非洲剛果盆地一帶。從前，非洲森林象被視為普通非洲象（學名：Loxodonta africana）的亞種，但透過基因分析之後，被認為可能是一支獨立物種。然而，自然保護聯盟（IUCN）的非洲象專家小組認為，現有的證據還不能判定這是兩個不同的物種，因此未予評估本種的保護狀況。在非洲森林象和普通非洲象之间仍然存在着杂交现象。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 11
With media: 1
Family: Elephantidae
Collections: MSB, UWBM, CLO, USNM, DMNS, MNHN
Recorded in: Central African Republic, Liberia, Gabon, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Cameroon

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Bird sounds

alarm call, defensive call· Central African Republic· quality B
alarm call, defensive call· Central African Republic· quality B
uncertain· Central African Republic· quality B
uncertain· Central African Republic· quality B

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: African elephant
Image: Loxodontacyclotis.jpg

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taxon rank: species
Commons category: Loxodonta cyclotis
taxon name: Loxodonta cyclotis
Commons gallery: Loxodonta cyclotis
taxon common name: afriški gozdni slon
IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered
different from: straight-tusked elephant
short name: L. cyclotis

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Encyclopedic overview

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is an elephant species native to humid tropical forests in West Africa and the Congo Basin. It was first described in 1900. With an average shoulder height of 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in), it is the smallest of the three living elephants. Both sexes have straight, down-pointing tusks, which begin to grow at the age of 1–3 years.

The African forest elephant lives in highly sociable family groups of up to 20 individuals comprising adult cows, their daughters and sons. When young bulls reach sexual maturity, they separate from the family group and form loose bachelor groups for a short time, but usually stay alone. Adult bulls associate with family groups only during the mating season.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loxodonta cyclotis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Loxodonta cyclotis