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Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals.

African bush elephants are the largest Species, with males being 304–336 cm (10 ft 0 in–11 ft 0 in) tall at the shoulder with a body mass of 5.2–6.9 t (5.7–7.6 short tons) and females standing 247–273 cm (8 ft 1 in–8 ft 11 in) tall at the shoulder with a body mass of 2.6–3.5 t (2.9–3.9 short tons).

Male Asian elephants are usually about 261–289 cm (8 ft 7 in–9 ft 6 in) tall at the shoulder and 3.5–4.6 t (3.9–5.1 short tons) whereas females are 228–252 cm (7 ft 6 in–8 ft 3 in) tall at the shoulder and 2.3–3.1 t (2.5–3.4 short tons). African forest elephants are the smallest Species, with males usually being around 209–231 cm (6 ft 10 in–7 ft 7 in) tall at the shoulder and 1.7–2.3 t (1.9–2.5 short tons).

Male African bush elephants are typically 23% taller than females, whereas male Asian elephants are only around 15% taller than females. (Wikipedia)

Anatomy is mentioned on 2 other pagesTeeth, Osteology,

Anatomy is mentioned on 1 location pagesJoseph Moore Museum,

Anatomy is mentioned on 4 elephant record pagesDima, Empress (Gypsy), Prince, Samorn,

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2025). Anatomy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=31. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant#Anatomy_and_morphology

Selected publications

Mariappa, D. "Anatomy and Histology of the Indian Elephant"

Links about Anatomy

Selected external links for this article about Anatomy:

Elephants anatomy on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant#Anatomy_and_morphology
R.Hermesa1, J. Saragustya, W.Schaftenaar, D. Göritza, D.L.Schmitt, T.B.Hildebrandt: Obstetrics in elephants, at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0093691X08001684

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