African elephant vs Common Orange Daylily

Loxodonta africana compared with Hemerocallis fulva

Key Differences

African elephant is Vulnerable while Common Orange Daylily is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African elephant	Common Orange Daylily
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Liliopsida (백합강)
Order	Proboscidea (장비목)	Asparagales (비짜루목)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Asphodelaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Hemerocallis
Species	Loxodonta africana	Hemerocallis fulva

Conservation Status

African elephant

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Common Orange Daylily

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African elephant	Common Orange Daylily
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.

Common Orange Daylily

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini), Asia (6 countries), Europe (28 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Common Orange Daylily

<em>Hemerocallis fulva</em> is a robust, clump-forming perennial herb in the family Asphodelaceae, native to Asia and widely naturalized across Europe, North America, Australia, and parts of Africa and South America. It is recorded in Eswatini, six Asian countries, twenty-eight European nations, Canada, the United States, and Brazil. The species typically thrives in grasslands, wetlands, roadsides, forest edges, and cultivated landscapes. Its striking orange, trumpet-shaped flowers bloom in summer and are the source of its common name. Unlike most lilies, daylily blooms last only a single day, though multiple buds on each stem extend the flowering period. The species spreads primarily through rhizomes, forming dense colonies that can outcompete native vegetation in introduced regions. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN. Flower buds, flowers, and young shoots of <em>Hemerocallis fulva</em> are used in East Asian cuisine and herbal medicine, though some concern exists about its mildly nephrotoxic properties in cats. Biological traits including average lifespan, body measurements, and dietary ecology remain poorly documented in standardized databases for this horticultural species.