The elephant has small sensory hairs on its trunk The function of hair in certain mammals serves the important role of conserving heat, and keeping out particles from invading the body through the ear and nose. The function hair has for the elephant does not seem to be as important as in other mammals.
Hair appears sparsely over the body of the elephant.
Interestingly, the calf is quite hairy over the head and back, gradually losing this hair as time progresses. The presence of hair around the eyes and in the ears appears to have a protective function. The larger hairs on the elephant are found on the continuously moving tail. Unbelievably, the hairs can achieve a length of up to 100 cm. The possible function of these can be used to dislodge flies.