African elephant  (Loxodonta africana)

Authentication

Authenticated (09/02/06) by Julian Blanc, African Elephant Database Manager, IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group.
http://www.iucn.org/afesg/

Glossary

Gestation: The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
Natal: Site of birth.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (October, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  3. Convention on Migratory Species (January, 2006)
    http://www.cms.int
  4. CITES (October, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  5. IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group (February, 2006)
    http://www.iucn.org/afesg
  6. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  7. Burnie, D. (2001) Animal. Dorling Kindersley, London.
  8. Blanc, J.J., Thouless, C.R., Hart, J.A., Dublin, H.T., Douglas-Hamilton, I., Craig, G.C. and Barnes, R.F.W. (2003) African Elephant Status Report 2002: An update from the African Elephant Database. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
  9. Blanc, J. (2006) Pers. Comm.
  10. McComb, K., Baker, L. and Moss, C. (2005) African elephants show high levels of interest in the skulls and ivory of their own species. Biology Letters, 2 (1): 26 - 28.
  11. Cornell Lab of Ornithology – The Elephant Listening Project (February, 2006)
    http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/elephant/ELPFAQ.html
  12. African Elephant Conservation Trust (July, 2002)
    http://www.elephanttrust.org/scope_and_objectives.htm
  13. Hoare, R. (2000) African elephants and humans in conflict: the outlook for co-existance. Oryx, 34 (1): 34 - 38.
  14. Human Elephant Conflict Working Group (HECWG) (July, 2002)
    http://iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/afesg/hectf/index.html