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| The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger of the two species of African elephant. Both it and the African forest elephant have in the past been classified as a single species, known simply as the African elephant. |  
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Scientific Name:	Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
 Synonyms:	Elephas africana Blumenbach, 1797
 Common Names:
 English	–	African Elephant, African savannah elephant, African Bush Elephant
 French	–	Éléphant d'Afrique, Éléphant Africain
 Spanish	–	Elefante Africano |  
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