African forest elephant vs red-cedar

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Trichilia hirta

Key Differences

• African forest elephant is Critically Endangered while red-cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Meliaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Trichilia
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.