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Fact Sheet on African Elephants



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Scientific name Common name Class Order Family Appendix (App. I / App. II)
Loxodonta africana African Elephant Mammalia Proboscidea Elephantidae - / 1979
Loxodonta cyclotis Forest Elephant Mammalia Proboscidea Elephantidae - / 1979
Region: 
Africa
Unsustainable hunting and trapping
Habitat loss and degradation
Published DateMarch 2016
PublisherUNEP/CMS Secretariat
TypeFact Sheet
CMS InstrumentCMS, West African Elephants

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