Palaeoloxodon recki (SciiFii)

The African straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon recki) is a species of elephant closely related to the Asian straight-tusked elephant, the European straight-tusked elephant, and, more distantly, Asian elephant Elephas maximus. It originally lived in Africa during the Pliocene through the earliest part of the Pleistocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced to the modern rainforests, swamps, forests, open woodlands, and grasslands of Africa ro help boost biodiversity. At up to 14 feet (4.27 metres) in shoulder height, it is one of the largest elephant species of Africa. The African straight-tusked elephant is a successful grass-eating elephant, being primarily a grazing animal, although it does feed on leaves at times. It is a social herd-dwelling animal, with adult females as well as young males and females living together, which are leaded by the matriarch (female leader), but bull male African straight-tusked elephants live in mostly solitary lives unless it is breeding seasons, when males have musth and males find suitable females to mate with. The conservation status of the African straight-tusked elephant is Vulnerable due to some habitat loss and historic poaching, however, the conservationists have since protected African straight-tusked elephants and their natural habitats.
Category:Animals
Category:SciiFii
Category:Mammals
Category:Cenozoic Park