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Loxodonta africana

, 1982
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797). Hand. Hilfsb. Nat., 5th ed., p. 125. TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Orange River. DISTRIBUTION: S. Mauritania to Ethiopia and South Africa; extinct in N. Africa. COMMENT: Includes cyclotis; see Sikes, 1971, The Natural History of the African Elephant, but also see Haltenorth and Diller, 1977, Saugetiere Africas und ...
James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl   +2 more
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Loxodonta africana

, 1993
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797). Handb. Naturgesch., 5th ed., p. 125. TYPE LOCALITY: Restricted to the Orange River, South Africa by Pohle (1926; see Allen, 1939). DISTRIBUTION: From S Mauritania, Mali, Chad, and Sudan south to N South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Threatened; IUCN - Vulnerable.
Don E. Wilson
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Fetuses of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Photographs

Elephant, 1987
Noticing that almost nothing has been published on the early ontogenetic development of elephants, we want to start to fill this gap by presenting pictures of elephant fetuses. All fetuses are African elephants (Loxodonta africana).
Martin S. Fischer, Uschi Trautmann
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Why do African elephants (Loxodonta africana) simulate oestrus? An analysis of longitudinal data [PDF]

, 2010
Female African elephants signal oestrus via chemicals in their urine, but they also exhibit characteristic changes to their posture, gait and behaviour when sexually receptive.
Byrne, Richard W, Njiraini, Norah, Lucy A Bates, Joyce H Poole, Richard W Byrne, Phyllis C Lee (16265717), Moss, Cynthia J, Handford, R, Phyllis C Lee, Moss, C J, Katito Sayialel, Sayialel, Katito, Poole, J H, Sayialel Soila, Poole, Joyce H, Lee, P C, Soila Sayialel, Sayialel, Soila, Byrne Richard W., Handford Rosie, Joyce H Poole (16265720), Njiraini Norah, Sayialel Katito, Lucy Bates (4466854), Norah Njiraini (250590), Njiraini, N, Moss Cynthia J., Rosie Handford (250587), Poole Joyce H., Rosie Handford, Norah Njiraini, Cynthia J Moss, Bates, Lucy A, Katito Sayialel (250596), Richard W Byrne (16164893), Handford, Rosie, Sayialel, K, Bates Lucy A., Lee, Phyllis C, Byrne, Richard William, Sayialel, S, Lee Phyllis C., Bates, Lucy, Soila Sayialel (250599), Cynthia J Moss (16056530)   +44 more
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The Release of a Captive-Raised Female African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana [PDF]

, 2013
Wild female elephants live in close-knit matrilineal groups and housing captive elephants in artificial social groupings can cause significant welfare issues for individuals not accepted by other group members. We document the release of a captive-raised
Moore, Randall J, Kate Evans, Randall J. Moore, Randall Moore, Harris, Stephen, Stephen Harris, Evans, Kate E   +6 more
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Status of northern white rhinos and elephants in Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, during the wars

Pachyderm, 2001
In recent years meat has been the premis behind poaching in Garamba NP. Patrol records suggest 70-80% of the poachers are Sudanese, often SPLA deserters, and the rest are Congolese.
Smith, Hillman
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Pathology in elephant dentition—two addenda

Pachyderm, 2021
Parker (2017)* described a pathological condition of molar/alveola abscesses in elephants (Loxodonta africana). Instances cited were 84 in Uganda—all in Murchison Falls National Park (NP)—four single cases from different elephant groups in Kenya and one
Ian SC Parker
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A note on the presence of the Elephant Louse Haematomyzus elephantis piaget (Mallophaga: Rhynchophthirina) in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1984
First described in 1869, this rather unusual insect has been found to be a common ectoparasite on the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), and has been collected in low numbers from the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in nearly all of sub-saharan ...
L.E.O Braack
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Unilateral phacoemulsification in a captive African elephant (Loxodonta africana) [PDF]

Open Veterinary Journal, 2019
Background: The following case reports describes the clinical presentation, surgical protocol, post-operative care and long-term follow up of an African elephant (Loxodonta Africana) presenting with a unilateral cataract.
Katherine E.L. Manchip, Ghislaine Sayers, John C.M. Lewis, James W. Carter   +3 more
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Elephants of the Dzanga-Sangha dense forest of south-western Central African Republic

Pachyderm, 1988
The Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve contains the highest known population density of elephants remaining in the dense forest zone of Africa. Both Loxodonta africana africana and L.a. cyclotis as well as an intergrade between the two exist in the area.
Richard Carroll
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