Elefante de Sabana vs Celery Late Blight

Loxodonta africana compared with Septoria apiicola

Key Differences

Elefante de Sabana is Vulnerable while Celery Late Blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elefante de Sabana	Celery Late Blight
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Mycosphaerellales (Mycosphaerellales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Septoria
Species	Loxodonta africana	Septoria apiicola

Conservation Status

Elefante de Sabana

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Celery Late Blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elefante de Sabana	Celery Late Blight
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.

Celery Late Blight

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Sweden.

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.