Elefante de Sabana vs Rafflesia

Loxodonta africana compared with Rafflesia arnoldii

Key Differences

• Elefante de Sabana is Vulnerable while Rafflesia is Endangered.
• Elefante de Sabana is herbivore while Rafflesia is parasite.
• Elefante de Sabana is 545.5x heavier than Rafflesia.
• Elefante de Sabana lives longer (65 years vs 5 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elefante de Sabana	Rafflesia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Rosa (Roses)
Species	Loxodonta africana	Rafflesia arnoldii

Conservation Status

Elefante de Sabana

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Rafflesia

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elefante de Sabana	Rafflesia
Diet	Herbivore	Parasite
Average Lifespan	65 years	5 years
Average Length	6.0 m	1.0 m
Average Weight	6.0 t	11.0 kg

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.

Rafflesia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia and Malaysia. 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.

Rafflesia

Rafflesia arnoldii produce la flor individual mas grande del mundo, con hasta 1 metro de diametro. Es una planta parasita sin raices, tallos ni hojas.