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African elephant
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English
thumb|right|250px|An African elephant
Pronunciation
en En-us-African elephant.oga US
Noun
An elephant of the genus Loxodonta genus.
en Asian elephant
en 24 September 2026 Victoria Gill Elephants use medicinal plants to treat themselves, researchers find https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv1j4yr6j2p0o BBC News African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick. 24 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260924125512/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv1j4yr6j2p0o
Hyponyms
Loxodonta species African bush elephant, bush elephant; savanna elephant, African savannah elephant, Loxodonta africana species; African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis species
Translations
Loxodonta species
Azerbaijani: az Afrika savana fili s
Bengali: bn আফ্রিকান হাতি
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 非洲象
Estonian: et aafrika elevant
Finnish: fi afrikannorsu
French: fr éléphant d'Afrique
German: de afrikanischer Elefant m
Icelandic: is afríkufíll m
Japanese: ja アフリカ象 Afurika zō
Korean: ko 아프리카코끼리
Norwegian: no afrikansk elefant m
Polish: pl słoń afrykański m-an
Portuguese: pt elefante-africano m
Romanian: ro elefant african m
Russian: ru африка́нский слон m
Spanish: es elefante africano m
Telugu: te ఆఫ్రికా ఏనుగు
en Elephants