Elefante de Sabana vs Amboyna Wood

Loxodonta africana compared with Pterocarpus indicus

Key Differences

• Elefante de Sabana is Vulnerable while Amboyna Wood is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elefante de Sabana	Amboyna Wood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Fabaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Pterocarpus
Species	Loxodonta africana	Pterocarpus indicus

Conservation Status

Elefante de Sabana

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Amboyna Wood

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Amboyna Wood

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Trinidad and Tobago), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Micronesia, Palau). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Amboyna Wood

The Amboyna Wood (Pterocarpus indicus) is a species in the genus Pterocarpus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms.