African elephant vs Cloth of gold

Loxodonta africana compared with Crocus angustifolius

Key Differences

African elephant is Vulnerable while Cloth of gold is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African elephant	Cloth of gold
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Liliopsida (백합강)
Order	Proboscidea (장비목)	Asparagales (비짜루목)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Iridaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Crocus
Species	Loxodonta africana	Crocus angustifolius

Conservation Status

African elephant

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Cloth of gold

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African elephant	Cloth of gold
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	65 years	—
Average Length	6.0 m	—
Average Weight	6.0 t	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African elephant

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.

Cloth of gold

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

African elephant

아프리카코끼리(Loxodonta africana)는 지구상에서 가장 큰 육상 동물로, 최대 7,000 kg에 달하며 사하라 이남 아프리카의 사바나, 삼림, 습지에 서식한다. 뛰어난 지능을 가지며, 모계를 중심으로 한 복잡한 사회 구조를 이루고 초저주파음, 울음소리, 촉각을 통해 의사소통한다. 나무를 쓰러뜨리고 물웅덩이를 파며 씨앗을 산포하는 생태계 엔지니어로, 현재 취약(VU) 종으로 분류되며 상아 밀렵과 서식지 손실로 인해 개체수가 감소하고 있다.

Cloth of gold

The cloth of gold crocus (Crocus angustifolius) is a small bulbous perennial in the family Iridaceae native to the Crimean Peninsula, the Caucasus, and nearby regions of southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. Named for its brilliant golden-yellow flowers with distinctive bronze-purple exterior striping on the outer tepals, it is among the most ornamentally striking of the spring-flowering crocuses. The corms produce narrow, rush-like leaves with a white central stripe and solitary flowers on short stems at ground level in late winter to early spring, emerging before or with the leaves. In its native habitat, C. angustifolius grows on rocky slopes, dry grasslands, and open scrublands in the Crimean mountains and Caucasian foothills, where it is adapted to cold winters and warm, dry summers. The species has been cultivated in European gardens since at least the 16th century and is widely grown as an ornamental bulb. Natural populations may face pressure from overcollection for the horticultural trade and from habitat disturbance in parts of its native range in the Black Sea region.