Welcome to African Elephants.com

The best website that is all about african elephants!

African elephants are the favorite animals of many people around the world. Afican elephants are larger than Asian elephants. The males often stand 12 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh 12,000 pounds, while females are a bit smaller in the 8,000 to 11,000 pound range. They have four molars that weigh about 11 pounds each, and these are replaced six times throughout their lives as the front ones wear down and the back ones shift forward.

African Elephant tusks can weigh from 50 to 100 pounds and stretch up to 8 feet in length. Both cows and bulls have tusks. The two main african elephant species are the African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis).

African elephant conservation efforts are underway throughout the world, but every once in a while african elephant communities grow too large and need to be culled to preserve the ecosystem. Just take a look around to find african elephant facts and pictures of african elephants. We also have created a directory of zoos that have African elephants and found a live African elephant camera!

AfricanElephants.com has a new feature- Ask the Expert! We have partnered with an expert in the field of African Elephants and he will answer many user submitted questions. Check out the questions and answers that he has already completed.