African Elephant       By: LMB

Kingdom/ Phylum/ Class/ Order/ Family/ Genius and Species/ References/ Poem/ Fun Facts

Kingdom: Animalia

• multicellular
• heterotrophs
• ingest and digest food
• lack cell walls in plant cells

Phylum: Chordata

• have a notochord and ventral heart
• complete digestive system
• bony/cartilaginous endoskeleton usually present
• bilateral symmetry
• three germ layers
• tail

Class: Mammalia

• three middle ear bones called malleus, incus, and stapes
• hair
• mammary glands
• feed newborn milk

Order: Proboscidea

• herbivores
• increase in size
• long muscular trunk
• males have a pair of huge tusks
• modern elephants have five cheek teeth
• skull is short and high
• skeleton is adapted to bear massive weight

Family: Elephantidea

• only family member is Asian Elephant

Genius and Species: Loxodonta

• it is an African Elephant 

References:

• www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu

Poem 

Elephants are cool,

they have many unique characteristics 

that you can learn at school.

They have huge tusks, ears, 

and very long trunk

and they don't smell like skunks! 

Fun Facts

• Baby elephants weigh 200 - 250 pounds.
• An elephant can live to 60 years old and older.
• Puberty of elephants can start at the age of 16 or 17.

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