Éléphant de forêt vs Deviltree

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Éléphant de forêt is Critically Endangered while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Éléphant de forêt	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Alstonia
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Éléphant de forêt

CR — Critically Endangered

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Éléphant de forêt	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Éléphant de forêt

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Éléphant de forêt

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a species in the genus Loxodonta. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.