1. • The African savanna is a
rolling grassland scattered
with shrubs and isolated
trees. Located near the
equator where the rainfall
is seasonal and
temperatures are warm.
African elephants live on the African savanna
2. • Asian forests have a tropical moist climate and receive high
overall rainfall with a warmer summer wet season and a cooler
winter dry season. The average temperature per year is 80°.
Asian elephants live in the Asian forest
3. • The tundra grasslands have cold temperatures, sparse trees, and
high winds. Temperatures reach -20° to -30 in winter and may
only get as high as 50° F in summer.
Mammoths lived on the tundra grasslands
4. Elephant habitats supply food and water.
Elephants drink 25-50 gallons of water a day so they depend on available water
sources in their habitat. Elephant habitats must supply 300 pounds plus of vegetation
daily per elephant.
Elephant molars are efficient grinders. The four large molars are replaced from back
to front (horizontally) up to six times in an elephants life. They are called marching
molars.
5. After digesting almost 300 pounds of food daily…
Elephants can leave behind almost 300
pounds of dung every day!
Elephants are inefficient at digesting food and
leave behind many nutrients in their dung.
Elephant dung benefits the ecosystem by:
• animals feed on it to supplement their diet.
• dung beetles survive solely on dung!
• dung also serves as a great fertilizer for many
plants in the ecosystem.
• some plants, with tough shells, need to pass
through an elephant in order germinate
