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Population declines of the African forest and savanna elephant
March 29 , 2021
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- The African forest elephant is now listed as critically endangered.
- The African savanna elephant is now listed as endangered.
- It is by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species.
- The two species were previously listed as vulnerable.
- They were previously considered as a single species on the Red List.
- They are now being assessed separately due to the emergence of new genetic evidence, according to the IUCN.
- In addition, the populations rarely intersect, as the forest elephants live in the tropical forests of Central Africa.
- The savanna elephants prefer the open country in Sub-Saharan Africa, which includes grasslands and deserts.
- The number of African elephants decreased by more than 86% over 31 years.
- The African savanna elephant populations fell by at least 60% over the last 50 years, according to the ICUN.
- About 415,000 elephants of both species combined are left on the continent.
- Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat as it is converted primarily to agricultural land use are blamed for the sharp declines.
- These have been occurring since 2008.
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