African elephant  (Loxodonta africana)

Range

The savanna elephant occurs largely in Eastern, Southern and West Africa (8), although populations are increasingly fragmented (6).

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring CentreView a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The savanna elephant is found in a wide variety of habitats, such as forests, mopane and miombo woodlands, Sahelian scrub, and even deserts (for example, in Namibia and Mali) (8).