The African forest elephant is an elephant species native to humid tropical forests in West Africa and the Congo Basin. It was first described in 1900. With an average shoulder height of 2.16 m, it is the smallest of the three living elephants. Both sexes have straight, down-pointing tusks, which begin to grow at the age of 1–3 years.
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Keystone species that disperse seeds of over 100 tree species.
Least ConcernEndangeredExtinct
Red List status of elephants as a group
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