Elefante de Sabana vs Snow Fungus

Loxodonta africana compared with Tremella fuciformis

Key Differences

• Elefante de Sabana is Vulnerable while Snow Fungus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elefante de Sabana	Snow Fungus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Tremellomycetes (Tremellomycetes)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Tremellales (Tremellales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Tremellaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Tremella
Species	Loxodonta africana	Tremella fuciformis

Conservation Status

Elefante de Sabana

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Snow Fungus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elefante de Sabana	Snow Fungus
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.

Snow Fungus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Taiwan, and United States.

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.