The African elephant occupies a variety of habitats from open grasslands to forested areas to mountainous regions to semi-deserts. Its distribution includes most of the African continent south of the Sahara.
Elephants are herbivores, and are primarily browsers rather than grazers.
An African elephant can consume 150 to 300 pounds of food in a day. To locate browsing sites and drinking holes elephants may walk as far as 30 miles, traveling throughout home ranges as seasons change or resources become scarce. Due to the conversion of natural habitat into farmland, elephants are increasingly becoming restricted to isolated areas of land. Inc. All rights reserved.