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*''Elephas africanus'' <br /><small>Blumenbach, 1797</small> | *''Elephas africanus'' <br /><small>Blumenbach, 1797</small> | ||
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The '''African bush elephant''' (''Loxodonta africana'') is the larger of the two | The '''African bush elephant''' (''Loxodonta africana'') is the larger of the two species of [[African elephant]]. | ||
Both it and the [[African forest elephant]] have in the past been classified as a single species, known simply as the '''African elephant''', but recent preliminary evidence has seen the forest elephant classified as a distinct species (although this status is not conclusively accepted due to concerns over conservation strategies until the reclassification is formalised).<ref name=IUCN/> | Both it and the [[African forest elephant]] have in the past been classified as a single species, known simply as the '''African elephant''', but recent preliminary evidence has seen the forest elephant classified as a distinct species (although this status is not conclusively accepted due to concerns over conservation strategies until the reclassification is formalised).<ref name=IUCN/> | ||
