Elefante de Sabana vs Black Crystalwort

Loxodonta africana compared with Riccia nigrella

Key Differences

• Elefante de Sabana is Vulnerable while Black Crystalwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elefante de Sabana	Black Crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Ricciaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Riccia
Species	Loxodonta africana	Riccia nigrella

Conservation Status

Elefante de Sabana

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Black Crystalwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elefante de Sabana	Black Crystalwort
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.

Black Crystalwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Chile, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Portugal.

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.

Black Crystalwort

The Black Crystalwort (Riccia nigrella) is a species in the genus Riccia. Native to Asia and Europe and Oceania, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Distributed across Chile, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Portugal.