African forest elephant vs Worm-rooted Buttercup

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	Worm-rooted Buttercup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Ranunculus
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Ranunculus vermirrhizus

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

Worm-rooted Buttercup

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	Worm-rooted Buttercup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Worm-rooted Buttercup

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.