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Study Notes

Elephants are the largest land animals and belong to the family Elephantidae and order Proboscidea.
There are three living species: African bush elephant, African forest elephant, and Asian elephant.
Elephants have distinctive features such as a long trunk, tusks, large ear flaps, pillar-like legs, and tough but sensitive skin.
They are herbivorous and found in different habitats in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Elephants have a fission-fusion society and live in family groups led by the oldest cow.
Bulls leave their family groups when they reach puberty and may live alone or with other males.
Calves rely on their mothers for as long as three years.
Elephants communicate by touch, sight, smell, and sound, and have been compared with the intelligence of primates and cetaceans.
Elephants are endangered due to the ivory trade, habitat destruction, and conflicts with local people.
They are used as working animals in Asia and are often put on display in zoos or exploited for entertainment in circuses.