Reihanesa Putri

    Reihanesa Putri Nur Nabila  20-03-52-0026

  Name : Reihanesa Putri Nur Nabila NIM : 20.03.52.0026 Choose one text about endangered species (animals or plants)   Elephants Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea. Traditionally, two species have been recognized, the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), although some evidence suggests that the African bush elephant and African forest elephant are distinct species (L. africana and L. cyclotis). Elephants are distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Elephantidae is the only extant family of the order Proboscidea; other now extinct families include mammoths and mastodons. The male African elephant is the largest land animal with a height of up to 4 m and a mass that can also reach 7,000 kg. Elephants have special characteristics, and the most striking is the trunk or proboscis which is used for many things, especially for breathing, sucking water, and picking...