African Forest Elephant
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Present, 10 million-0 years ago

CONSERVATION STATUS
Vulnerable (VU) (2022)

CLASSIFICATIONS
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Chordates (Chordata)
Superclass: Tetrapods (Tetrapoda)
Clade: Amniotes (Amniota)
Clade: Synapsids (Synapsida)
Clade: Therapsids (Therapsida)
Clade: Cynodonts (Cynodontia)
Clade: Eucynodonts (Eucynodontia)
Clade: Mammaliamorph (Mammaliamorpha)
Clade: Mammaliaformes (Mammaliaformes)
Class: Mammals (Mammalia/Mammalians)
Subclass: Theria (Theria)
Clade: Eutheria (Eutheria)
Infraclass: Placentals (Placentalia/Placentalians)
Magnorder: Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2021)
Superorder: Laurasiatheroglires (Laurasiatheroglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019) (down below here)
Grandorder: Laurasiatheres (Laurasiatheria)
Clade: Ferungulates (Ferungulata)
Mirorder: Ungulates (Ungulata)
Clade: Paenungulates (Paenungulata)
Clade: Tethytheres (Tethytheria)
Order: Proboscideans (Proboscidea)
Suborder: Elephantiformes (Elephantiformes)
Infraorder: Elephantimorph (Elephantimorpha)
Parvorder: Elephantida (Elephantida)
Superfamily: Elephantoids (Elephantoidea)
Family: Elephants (Elephantidae)
Tribe: Loxodontins (Loxodontini)
Genus: African Elephant (Loxodonta)
Species: African Forest Elephant: (Loxodonta cyclotis) (Matchie, 1900)

NEOPLACENTALIA SYNONYMS
Neoplacentals (Neoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Neotheres (Neotheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exarchontoplacentals (Exarchontoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)
Exprimatoplacentals (Exprimatoplacentalia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2020)

LAURASIATHEROGLIRES SYNONYMS
Cetoglires (Cetoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetaceans (Supracetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetaceoglires (Cetaceoglires) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supralaurasiatheres (Supralaurasiatheria) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Supracetes (Supraceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetolagomorph (Cetolagomorpha) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetaceans (Lagocetacea) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Lagocetes (Lagoceti) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)
Cetorodents (Cetorodentia) (Christopher Bland The Whale, 2019)

MAMMALIAN BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Living: Africa
Diet: Herbivore, they ate bushes and other kinds of plants including this one is fruits
Predations: Ferae such as Lion, Cheetah, Hyena
Size: 10-13 feet long and 86-145 inches long in length, and over 4000-12000 lbs in weight