African Bush and Forest elephants are actually different species!

For a long time, we assumed that African Bush Elephants and African Forest Elephants were the same species but just looked different because of their environment. But actually, they are completely different species!
Further reading: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-event...

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Can't believe I'm this early so in gonna say keep up the good work!

[@N0THING314]

Tf why u happy?

[@N0THING314]

Oh nvm he has bout 100k subs

[@Lord_of_Proboscidea]

Infact I think Palaeoloxdon was closer to the Forest elephant than the forest elephant is to the bush elephant

[@beastinfection638]

then why are the forest and bush elephants in the same genus (loxodonta)? the forest elephant should be in the palaeoloxodon genus. no?

[@HogBurger]

@@beastinfection638 could possibly be from hybridization? Pretty sure palaeoloxodon was genetically closed to loxodonta, so maybe the ancestors between the two interbred which would result in the Forest elephant being genetically closer to Palaeoloxodon despite being in a completely different genus. Or maybe it could’ve been a case of hybrid speciation, where two distinct species interbreed and eventually that hybrid becomes a new species

[@T.C.Logistics]

​​​@@HogBurgerboth mammoths and African forest elephants ( western population) involved in the palaeoloxodons hybridization

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

There are also exthinct Northern African Elephants, used as war elephants by the Cartheginians, drove to extinction by the Romans.

[@kahanuermeyas-tulu4056]

Those are a subspecies not a species.

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As well as the african desert elephan

[@aidyil]

And Asian elephants are closer to Mammoths than their modern African cousins

[@YellowPredator92]

no way is that Clint's reptile

[@GermanGayDude]

i just thought the same thing

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CROSSOVER

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Interesting

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WOAH 2K LIKES BUT 9 COMMENTS

[@anttivalimaki7339]

Hair gene with altered lipophilic hormone activation, altered hormone. Hairy elephants back? Summer hairless?

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Hmmm

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[@ashleyash410]

African black elephant

[@mollijane]

2+2≠22

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What about Chinese elephants?

[@Arialovessyou]

Subcategory of the asian elephant

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(edited: can't believe I got this many likes!)

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9th

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Bean

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All this evolution fairytale 😂. (And i don't believe in religion as well, don't try to fight me)