African forest elephant vs Hard Alectryon

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Key Differences

• African forest elephant is Critically Endangered while Hard Alectryon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Alectryon
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	Hard Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.