African elephant vs arroz

Loxodonta africana compared with Oryza sativa

Key Differences

• African elephant is Vulnerable while arroz is Not Evaluated.
• African elephant is herbivore while arroz is autotroph.
• African elephant lives longer (65 years vs 1 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African elephant	arroz
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Oryza (Rice)
Species	Loxodonta africana	Oryza sativa

Conservation Status

African elephant

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

arroz

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African elephant	arroz
Diet	Herbivore	Autotroph
Average Lifespan	65 years	1 years
Average Length	6.0 m	1.2 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.

arroz

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (Belize, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

African elephant

O elefante africano, o maior animal terrestre da Terra, pode atingir 7.000 kg e habita savanas, florestas e zonas húmidas da África subsaariana. Com estruturas sociais complexas lideradas por matriarcas, comunica através de infrassons, rugidos e contacto físico. Como engenheiro do ecossistema, modela o habitat arrancando árvores, escavando poços de água e dispersando sementes. Está classificado como Vulnerável (VU), com populações em declínio devido à caça furtiva de marfim e à perda de habitat.

arroz

O cereal mais importante na historia da humanidade, o arroz alimenta mais da metade da populacao mundial e e o grao basico da Asia, Africa e America Latina. Domesticado a partir do Oryza rufipogon silvestre ha aproximadamente 9.000 anos no vale do rio Yangze na China, o cultivo do arroz moldou civilizacoes, paisagens e ecossistemas. Seus campos de arroz inundados criam extensas areas umidas para aves migratoras, anfibios e invertebrados aquaticos, ao mesmo tempo em que produzem significativas emissoes de metano.