Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi (SciiFii)

The Cretan elephant (Palaeoloxodon creutzburgi), also known as the Creutzburg's elephant, the Cretan straight-tusked elephant, and the Cretan dwarf elephant (despite its name, it is far from being a dwarf), is a species of elephant that originally lived in Crete during the Pleistocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to Crete to help boost biodiversity. The Cretan elephant is a fairly large animal, despite being native to an island, being only 30% smaller than the European straight-tusked elephant, and that may be due to the animal's recent arrival to the island compared with most other species found on Crete. Like all elephants, it is a herbivore that mainly feeds on grasses, leaves, bark, shrubs, fruits, and many other types of vegetation, and both females (young and old) and male calves are social herd-dwelling animals in which herds are led by the matriarchs (elderly females), while adult males live in solitary lives unless during mating seasons, when males are ready to mate with the females. The conservation status of the Cretan elephant is Vulnerable due to habitat loss and historic poaching, but the conservationists are working their best in protecting the natural habitat of Cretan elephants and end poaching, so far, these actions are working and the population trend of Cretan elephants are increasing.
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