African forest elephant vs mango-pine

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• African forest elephant is Critically Endangered while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Barringtonia
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	mango-pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

mango-pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

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.