Are Indian elephants heavier than African elephants?
The African elephants are heavier and are larger than the Indian elephants. When an average African elephant weighs around 4,000 to 7,000 kilograms, an Indian elephant just weighs around 3,000 to 6,000 kilograms.
Is African elephant bigger than Indian?
An Indian elephant is smaller than an African savanna elephant — but not by much. On average, an adult male is about 21 feet long, 10 feet tall at the shoulder and tips the scales at 5.5 tons. The ears of the Indian elephant are much smaller than those of African elephants and resemble the shape of India itself.
How heavy are African elephants?
African elephants are the largest of all land animals, adult males weighing between 1,800 and 6,300 kg (2 and 7 tons/ 4,000 and 14,000 lb.). Females are smaller, weighing between 2,700 and 3,600 kg (3 and 4 tons/ 6,000 and 8,000 lb.).
Are Indian elephants smaller than African elephants?
African forest elephants are a bit smaller than their savanna counterpart, and Asian elephants weigh 5,500 kg (about 6 tons) and, at most, are 3.5 meters tall at the shoulder (11.5 feet). Herds of elephants are matriarchies, with the oldest female leading the way.
What is the main difference between African and Indian elephants?
African elephants have fuller, more rounded heads. The top of the head is a single dome whereas Asian elephants have a twin-domed head with an indent in the middle. The lower lips of the two species also differ, being long and tapered in Asian elephants and short and round in Africans.
Can African and Indian elephants breed?
Although the Asian elephant Elephas maximus and the African elephant Loxodonta africana belong to different genera, they share the same number of chromosomes, thus making hybridisation, at least in this respect, theoretically possible.
What is the weight of Indian elephant?
8,800 lbsAdult
6,000 lbsAdult
Asian elephant/Mass
How heavy is a bull elephant?
Cows are 2.2–2.6 m (7.2–8.5 ft) tall at the shoulder and weigh 2,160–3,232 kg (4,762–7,125 lb), while bulls are 3.2–4 m (10–13 ft) tall and weigh 4,700–6,048 kg (10,362–13,334 lb).