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12-22-2016

Loxodonta africana

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest living terrestrial animal, with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to 3.96 m (13.0 ft) and a body mass of up to 10.4 t (11.5 short tons). It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands, and agricultural land. Since 2021, it has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It is threatened foremost by habitat destruction, and in parts of its range also by poaching for meat and ivory. It is a social mammal, traveling in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or in small bachelor groups. It is a herbivore, feeding on grasses, creepers, herbs, leaves, and bark.

Detailed information
Full Name: African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Mammals
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 06/11/1978 Foreign (Headquarters) Wherever found
  • Countries in which the the African elephant, Wherever found is known to occur: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
06/06/2016 81 FR 36387 36419 Revision of the Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
03/16/2016 81 FR 14058 14072 90-Day Findings on 29 Petitions; Notice of petition findings and initiation of status reviews
07/29/2015 80 FR 45154 45180 Revision of the Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana); Proposed rule
03/18/1991 56 FR 11392 11402 ETWP; Loxodonta africana (African Elephant) Proposed as Endangered for Certain Populations and Revision of Special Rule; 56 FR 11392 11402
04/10/1990 55 FR 13299 13300 ETWP; Notice of 1-Year Finding on Petition to Reclassify the African Elephant; 55 FR 13299 13300
09/06/1989 54 FR 36905 36911 ETWP; Ivory Export Quotas Issued by the Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora's Seventh Regular Meeting; 54 FR 36905 36911
06/26/1989 54 FR 26812 ETWP; Notice, 90-Day Finding on Petition and Initiation of Status Review; 54 FR 26812
06/09/1989 54 FR 24758 24761 ETWP; Moratorium on Importation of Raw Worked Ivory from all Ivory Producing and Intermediary Nations; 54 FR 24758 24761
05/05/1989 54 FR 19416 19421 ETWP; Proposed Rule; Importation, Exportation, and Transportation of Wildlife; Special Rules for Import and Export of African Elephant Ivory; 54 FR 19416 19421
07/20/1982 47 FR 31384 31389 ETWP; Revision of Special Rule for African Elephant
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the African elephant.
Petition Title
Date Received by the FWS
Where the species is believed to or known to occur
Petitioner Name
Requested Action
Petition Finding(s)
Active
Petitions Document(s)
Elephant, Arican; Uplist to E, Separate into two species: Forest Elephants and Savannah Elephants 06/11/2016 Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda CBD Reclassify: Amend listing 90 Day Substantial on 03/16/2016 Yes
Elephant, African; List E 02/12/2015 Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda IFAW, HS International, HS US, FA Reclassify: Uplist endangered 90 Day Substantial on 03/16/2016 Yes
Date
Citation Page
Title
06/06/2016 81 FR 36387 36419 Revision of the Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
07/29/2015 80 FR 45154 45180 Revision of the Section 4(d) Rule for the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana); Proposed rule
03/18/1991 56 FR 11392 11402 ETWP; Loxodonta africana (African Elephant) Proposed as Endangered for Certain Populations and Revision of Special Rule; 56 FR 11392 11402
09/06/1989 54 FR 36905 36911 ETWP; Ivory Export Quotas Issued by the Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora's Seventh Regular Meeting; 54 FR 36905 36911
06/09/1989 54 FR 24758 24761 ETWP; Moratorium on Importation of Raw Worked Ivory from all Ivory Producing and Intermediary Nations; 54 FR 24758 24761
05/05/1989 54 FR 19416 19421 ETWP; Proposed Rule; Importation, Exportation, and Transportation of Wildlife; Special Rules for Import and Export of African Elephant Ivory; 54 FR 19416 19421
07/20/1982 47 FR 31384 31389 ETWP; Revision of Special Rule for African Elephant
08/25/1981 46 FR 42887 42888 ETWP; Proposed Revision of Special Rule for African Elephant
07/17/1981 46 FR 37059 37062 Proposed Revision of Special Rule for the African Elephant
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