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An elephant is a MAMMAL belonging to either
of two surviving species of the order
Proboscidea: the Asian elephant Elephas
maximus and the African elephant Loxodonta
africana. Elephants can grow to 4m (13ft) and
weigh up to 8 tonnes. They have a thick,
grey, wrinkled skin, a large head, a long
trunk used to obtain food and water, and
upper incisors or tusks, which grow to a
considerable length. The African
elephant has very large ears and a flattened
forehead, and the Asian species has smaller
ears and a convex forehead.
Subject by: Robert Small