Éléphant de forêt vs Reticulated Python

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Python reticulatus

Key Differences

• Éléphant de forêt is Critically Endangered while Reticulated Python is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Éléphant de forêt	Reticulated Python
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Python (Pythons)
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Python reticulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Éléphant de forêt and Reticulated Python share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Éléphant de forêt

CR — Critically Endangered

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Éléphant de forêt	Reticulated Python
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	25 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	75.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Éléphant de forêt

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Reticulated Python

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand.

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.

Reticulated Python

The reticulated python is the world's longest snake and one of the heaviest. They kill prey by constriction.