Dr. Yin's Animal Behavior and Medicine Blog
Distinguishing Asian and African Elephants
Posted On: Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Sophia Yin, DVM April 12, 2009
There are two different types of elephants, Asian and African. Up until my visit to Have Trunk Will Travel, I could never tell the difference. But Kari Johnson gave me a fool-proof method. Now I can't believe I couldn't distinguish between the two in the past.
Asian elephants have a humped back whereas African elephants have a sway back. You probably also notice from the photos that Asian elephants have shorter trunks, wider legs, and their leg does not taper much above the foot. Asian elephants have a bilobed forehead whereas African's have domed head.
Asian elephants have a hump back and small ears
African elephants have a sway back and huge ears.
African elephant
Asian elephants (bilobed head)
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