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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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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020 We analyse mesowear, microwear, and dental calculus for end-Pleistocene Mammut and Mammuthus from North America, and modern Loxodonta africana to reconstruct diet. These three methods allow both short- and long-term diets to be distinguished.
Tasha S. Cammidge +2 more
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Effects of social disruption in elephants persist decades after culling. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND Multi-level fission-fusion societies, characteristic of a number of large brained mammal species including some primates, cetaceans and elephants, are among the most complex and cognitively demanding animal social systems. Many free-ranging
Cynthia Moss +7 more
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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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Resolution of the type material of the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 (Proboscidea, Elephantidae) [PDF]
, 2014 The understanding of Earth’s biodiversity depends critically on the accurate identification and nomenclature of species. Many species were described centuries ago, and in a surprising number of cases their nomenclature or type material remain unclear ...
Adrian M. Lister +44 more
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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 +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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Inactivity/sleep in two wild free-roaming African elephant matriarchs - Does large body size make elephants the shortest mammalian sleepers? [PDF]
, 2017 The current study provides details of sleep (or inactivity) in two wild, free-roaming African elephant matriarchs studied in their natural habitat with remote monitoring using an actiwatch subcutaneously implanted in the trunk, a standard elephant collar
Bhagwandin, Adhil +8 more
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Preliminary survey of forest elephant crossings in Sangha Trinational Park, central Africa
Pachyderm, 2007 Wildlife corridors between protected areas play a critical role in maintaining genetic flow between increasingly isolated populations of many species. The importance of wildlife corridors for African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) has been well ...
Karen Weinbaum +3 more
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