The african elephants weighs up to 2268 to 6350 kilograms while asian elephants weighs up to 2041 to 4990 kilograms. Wild elephants generally weigh less and are shorter compared to the elephants that are typically found in the zoo. The asian elephant includes three subspecies. 191 to 258 lbs. Maximus indicus the sumatran e. African bush elephants are the largest species with males being 304336 cm 10 ft 0 in11 ft 0 in tall at the shoulder with a body mass of 5269 t 5776 short tons and females standing 247273 cm 8 ft 1 in8 ft 11 in tall at the shoulder with a body mass of 2635 t 2939 short tons.
At birth baby elephants weigh around 91 kgs 200 lbs and are around one meter tall. The african bush elephant is the largest terrestrial animal. The reason for this could be lack of water food and no medical care in the wild. Like humans elephants only emerge from their adolescent teenage years when theyre around 17 years old. During these formative years the elephant will remain with the herd. The asian elephant elephas maximus weighs about 5500 kg and has a shoulder height of up to 35 metres.
The skeleton of an elephant weighs about 165 of its total weight. The height of an african elephant is about 25 to 4 meters and asian elephants are 2 to 3 meters tall. The indian or mainland e. 119 to 138 lbs. The african bush elephant is the largest and heaviest land animal on earth with a maximum recorded shoulder height of an adult bull of 400 m 131 ft and an estimated weight of up to 106 t 117 short tons. Elephants achieving adulthood and adult weight.
Cows are 2226 m 7285 ft tall at the shoulder and weigh 21603232 kg 47627125 lb while bulls are 324 m 1013 ft tall and weigh 47006048 kg 1036213334 lb. 4ft 11 59 94 to 119 lbs. The largest elephant that has ever been recorded weighed in at 24000 pounds 10886 kg and stood 13 feet 396 meters high at the shoulders. It can sometimes take as long as 20 years for an elephant bull to achieve its full weight and height. Average weight of male savanna elephant. 143 to 186 lbs.
Maximus sumatranus and the sri lankan e. To put that into perspective it would take 120 men who weigh 200 pounds on average to equal the same weight. The heaviest male elephant ever recorded weighted 11 tons about 24000 pounds and had a height of nearly 4 meters about 13 feet natgeob. 4ft 10 58 91 to 115 lbs. A male savanna elephant weighs on average 6 tons about 13000 pounds macdonald 2010 natgeob stuart stuart 2006.
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