African forest elephant vs Corn spurry

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Spergula arvensis

Key Differences

• African forest elephant is Critically Endangered while Corn spurry is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	Corn spurry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Spergula
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Spergula arvensis

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	Corn spurry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

African forest elephant

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a species in the genus Loxodonta. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.