What Are the Different Elephant Species?
The African elephant and the Asian elephant make up the different elephant species. There are also some subspecies of African and Asian elephants. African elephants are divided into two subspecies, which include savannah elephants and forest elephants. There are four subspecies of Asian elephants, which include the Borneo pygmy, Indian elephant, Sumatran elephant, and Sri Lankan elephant. All types of African and Asian elephants are currently endangered, mainly because their habitat is rapidly diminishing as a result of deforestation. In general, the African elephant species tends to be larger than the Asian elephant species. Some African elephants grow to be as tall as 13 feet (4 m) in height. Most of the larger African elephants are savannah elephants, and the ones on the smaller side are typically forest elephants, which are sometimes referred to as pygmy elephants. In addition to being taller than Asian elephants, African elephants also have larger ears and a single domed head, whe
