African elephants are the largest animals on land. They are larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified (被识别) by their larger ears that look somewhat like the continent (洲,大陆) of Africa while Asian elephants hav
The digestive tract of elephants is surprisingly short compared to other herbivorous mammals. However, measurements relating the length of the intestine to the body mass of the respective individual are rare. In this study, we report such data for an African elephant and an Asian elephant. Our ...
African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) have lived in the care of humans for many years, yet there is no consensus concerning some basic parameters describing their newborn calves. This study provides a broad empirical basis for generalizations about the birth heights, bi...
A variant of the endotheliotropic herpesvirus in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in European zoos. Newly discovered, lethal elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHV) have been identified in both Asian (Elephas maximus) and African (Loxodonta african... J. Fickel a,L.K. Richman b,R. ...