2. What is an Elephant 3
Comparison 4
The Asian Elephant 5
The African Elephant 7
Old Elephants 9
Elephants Today 10
Glossary 11
About the Author 12

3. An elephant can be found in Africa or Asia. They
are called African and Asian elephants.
The African elephant is the largest living land animal.
You can tell an African elephant from a Asian elephant
is by their ears and size. The African elephant is slightly
bigger than the Asian and the ears on an African
elephant look like Africa. The elephant on the cover
page is an African elephant.

4. AFRICAN ELEPHANT ASIAN ELEPHANT
 Bigger  Smaller
 Ears shaped like Africa  Small/no tusks
 Big tusks  Found in Asia
 Found in Africa

5. The Asian Elephant ( Elephas Maximus) is the
smaller of the two. They have small tusks, that is if they
have any at all. They are the largest living land animal
in Asia. Since 1976, the Asian Elephant has been on the
endangered list. Almost half were lost in the last three
generations. They are rapidly losing their habitats. They
can live in places such as grasslands, tropical evergreen
fores ts, semi evergreen forests and thorny forests.
This map shows
where the Asian
elephant lives.

6. This Asian elephant swims in the south Pacific.

7. The African elephant (Loxodonta) is the largest
living land animal. It’s large ears help it lose heat in it’s
body to prevent dehydration . The largest African
elephant ever found was 13.1 feet to the shoulders and
weighed 10 long tons, (11 short tons). Elephants have
four molars each weigh about 11 pounds. Their tusks
are large, firm teeth that break out of holes in the side of
their mouth. African elephants are extremely intelligent.
They are the most intelligent species next to apes and
certain dolphin species. This map
shows
where the
African
elephants
live.

8. This African elephant tries very
hard to collect water from a leak.

9. Did you know that woolly
mammoths used to be part of the
elephant family. Woolly mammoths
were most famous during the ice age.
The woolly mammoth is probably the
most well known prehistoric animal
besides the dinosaur. Woolly
mammoths became extinct about 6,000
years ago. So you don’t have to worry
about them in your backyard!

10. Elephants were kept on display in places such as
Ancient Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome. Now they are
in circuses all across the world. The Birmingham Zoo is
a great place to go and witness elephants yourself.
Click here for Birmingham Zoo website
Or Here for National Geographic

11. Africa (AF-rica) A country right below Europe.
Asia (AZ-a) A country that shares a border with
Europe.
Dehydration (DE-hi-DRA-shun) Not getting enough
water.
Endangered (en-DANGE-erd) on the verge of
extinction.
Extinct (EX-tinct) There is no more left.
Generation (GEN-er-ashun) A time of which the
average person lives.
Habitat (HAB-itat) A place of which an animal lives
Molars (MO-LARS) A large tooth in the back of the
mouth.
Prehistoric (PRE-hist-orick) A long time ago.

12. African Elephant 3,4,7
Asian Elephant 3,4,5
Elephant basics 1
Links 10
Photographs 6,8
Tusks 7
Woolly Mammoths 9

13. I’m nine year old
Eliot, a third grader that
has a project to write
about an animal. I chose
the elephant. I live in
Alabama. I go to Shades
Mountain Elementary
School. I go to extended
day care. In fact, I’m
typing this at extended
day right now.