vs African elephant

Acrocordia gemmata compared with Loxodonta africana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		African elephant
Kingdom	Fungi (真菌界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Ascomycota (子囊菌门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Dothideomycetes (座囊菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Monoblastiales (Monoblastiales)	Proboscidea (长鼻目)
Family	Monoblastiaceae	Elephantidae (Elephants)
Genus	Acrocordia	Loxodonta (African Elephants)
Species	Acrocordia gemmata	Loxodonta africana

Conservation Status

VU — Vulnerable

African elephant

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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.

珠状壳衣（Acrocordia gemmata）是单孢衣科的一种壳状地衣，在IUCN评估中被列为无危（LC）。该地衣生长在温带阔叶林中的树皮上，尤其偏好生长在老龄树木的光滑树皮表面。其子囊盘呈珠状突起，是该属地衣的典型形态特征之一。