African vs. Asian Elephants
You can tell by height, weight, wrinkles and ears!
- The African elephant is significantly larger, with bulls growing up to 13 ft tall. The biggest Asian males reach no more than 11m
- Adult Asian males weigh between 6,600-13,000lbs. The smallest African elephant weighs more than the largest Asian elephants and they can get up to 16,500lbs.
- African elephants have more wrinkles than Asian elephants.
- It is said that you can tell where an elephant comes from by looking at the size of his ears. African ears are like a map of Africa and Asian ears smaller like the shape of India. African ears are much bigger and reach up and over the neck. (Read more.)
Explore Asian elephants in India.
