[DOC] [TLE] Elephant - Wikipedia [PAR] Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order 
Proboscidea. ... African elephants have larger ears and concave backs while 
Asian elephants have .... Only when Elephas disappeared from Africa did 
Loxodonta become .... Asian males can have tusks as long as Africans', but they 
are usually slimmer... [DOC] [TLE] Elephant - Facts for Now - Scholastic [PAR] They are between 9 and 13 feet (3 and 4 meters) high at the shoulder and may 
weigh up to 16,500 pounds (7,500 kilograms). The African elephant has a 
sloping forehead, and its back usually has a dip in it behind the ... Among Asian 
elephants, only the males have long tusks. But both sexes of African elephants 
have them. [DOC] [TLE] Elephant - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Feb 18, 2016 ... Typically, only the males of the Asian elephant have large external tusks, while ... 
They also use them while play-wrestling, caressing during courtship and ... Both 
male and female African elephants have large tusks that can reach ... Asian 
males can have tusks as long as the much larger Africans, but they... [DOC] [TLE] Elephants - Oxford Reference [PAR] Modern elephants are the largest extant land mammals; they have the biggest ... 
Whereas both sexes of both African species generally have tusks, these are ... 
The brain of an elephant weighs 4.67kg (10.3lb) in females and 5.0kg (11lb) in 
males. .... Usually she will retreat, but sometimes she may advance to confront 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Asian Elephant Fact Sheet - San Diego Zoo Global Library [PAR] ... Asian elephant) Subspecies: E. m. sumatranus (Sumatran Asian elephant) .... 
called "makhnas." Both male and female African elephants usually have tusks. [DOC] [TLE] Elephant - McGill School Of Computer Science [PAR] Male and female African elephants have long tusks, while male and female Asian 
.... It has smaller ears, shaped like the subcontinent of India, and typically, only 
the ... Large males can weigh upward to 12,000 lb and stand over 11 feet tall. ... 
Asian males can have tusks as long as the much larger Africans, but they are... [DOC] [TLE] FAQ | IUCN [PAR] Elephants have little in common with cattle, but they share with them the ... Unlike 
Asian elephants, in which only males have tusks, both male and ... Q: Why does 
an African elephant have such large ears? ... An adult bull savanna elephant can 
have a shoulder height of 3.3 meters (11 feet), weigh up to 7,500 Kg (16,538 lb.)
... [DOC] [TLE] Asian Elephant - Elephas maximus - Details - Encyclopedia of Life [PAR] Elephants are highly intelligent and long-lived animals; Asian elephants may live 
as long ... It is smaller than the African Elephant and they are crepuscular in 
nature. ..... Adult males do not as a rule exceed 9 feet, females 8 in height." .... 
and of both sexes, associate in herds, usually numbering 30 to 50, but not 
uncommonly... [DOC] [TLE] Asian elephant | Smithsonian's National Zoo [PAR] Research on wild endangered Asian elephants is difficult and sparse, and zoo ... 
Cartilage is found only at the base of the trunk, dividing the nostrils. ... In the 
African species, generally, but not always, both the males and females have 
tusks. ... Foraging herds can be very destructive to cropland or forest because 
they are... [DOC] [TLE] African Bush Elephant - Loxodonta africana - Details - Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Descriptions and articles about the African Bush Elephant, scientifically ... to grow 
throughout their lifetime; in both sexes of the African elephant these are curved 
forward (7). .... Otherwise, they can conceive at any time of year, but in seasonal 
.... The trunk usually measures about five feet long (about 150 cm) and weighs... [DOC] [TLE] Indian Elephant | Species | WWF [PAR] 6-11 feet at the shoulder ... Indian elephants may spend up to 19 hours a day 
feeding and they can ... throughout the Indian elephant's habitat is leaving little 
room for them. ... tusks

Question: They may be 11 feet long; both sexes of the African elephant have them, but usually only the male Asians do
Answer: tusks