vs Elefante de Sabana

Acarospora cervina compared with Loxodonta africana

Key Differences

is Data Deficient while Elefante de Sabana is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Elefante de Sabana
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Acarosporales (Acarosporales)	Proboscidea (Elephants)
Family	Acarosporaceae	Elephantidae (Elephants)
Genus	Acarospora	Loxodonta (African Elephants)
Species	Acarospora cervina	Loxodonta africana

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Elefante de Sabana

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Elefante de Sabana
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	65 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	6.0 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States.

Elefante de Sabana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Acarospora cervina is a species in the genus Acarospora. It is classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and 2 other countries, inhabiting Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Elefante de Sabana

El elefante africano, el animal terrestre más grande de la Tierra, puede alcanzar 7.000 kg y habita sabanas, bosques y humedales del África subsahariana. Con estructuras sociales complejas lideradas por matriarcas, se comunica mediante infrasonidos, rugidos y contacto físico. Como ingeniero del ecosistema, modela su hábitat arrancando árboles, excavando aguadas y dispersando semillas. Está catalogado como Vulnerable, con poblaciones en declive por la caza furtiva de marfil y la pérdida de hábitat.