Elephant Shrew

Beauty Of Animal | Elephant Shrew | Elephant shrew is a small mammal found exclusively in Africa. Elephant shrew is also known as the jumping shrew, because rats can jump like a rabbit elephants use their long legs back. Mice elephants can be found inhabiting forests, woods, meadows and dense forests throughout Africa. There are nearly 20 different species of elephant shrew, all of which vary in both color and size.

Mice elephant known as the insects as they survive on food that consists only of insects. Despite their name and appearance of the same, Rat elephant is not considered directly related to temper their cousins ​​in other parts of the world. Mice elephant is an animal that is very active and is always hunting for food during the day. Because diurnal lifestyle of elephant shrew, have learned to live it in the most successful way possible. Rats elephants are very alert and well-camouflaged animals, and were able to escape from danger very quickly.

A number of species of elephant shrew made a series of paths cleared through the bush and spend their days patrolling them for insect life. Line also provides elephant shrew a clear home-run should it be compromised by potential predators. Although mice elephants are omnivorous animals, diets of elephant shrew is almost entirely made up of insects. The elephant shrew hunting worms and grubs from outside the ground, spiders that run along the ground and insects found around it.

Due to the small size of the elephant shrew, it has a number of natural predators in the wild. Snakes, lizards, birds of prey and omnivorous mammals all prey on elephant shrew, but do not eat the elephant shrew easiest way to try and catch. Rats female elephants delivered more than 1 liter of babies every year. Mice baby elephant born after a gestation period that can be between 1 and 2 months. Baby elephant Mice thrive when they are first born but remain in the nest for a few days before they start to head in the wide world.

Kinds Of Elephant Shrew

Black and rufous elephant shrew

The black and rufous elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi), also known as the black and rufous sengi, is one of 16 species of elephant shrew alive today in Africa. Like other members of the genus Rhynchocyon, it is a relatively large species, with adults averaging c. 28 cm (11 in) in length and 450-700 g (1-1.5 lb) in weight. It is endemic to Kenya and Tanzania. It eats insects and small mammals (especially the black rat) as well as vegetation.
Because they are classified as vulnerable, several zoos have begun breeding these elephant shrews, including the Philadelphia Zoo, which has a successful breeding program. Two black and rufous elephant shrew brothers were born on February 4th 2007 at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC. They now reside, for the time being, at the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven, CT as part of the Tree of Life exhibit

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

 

The golden-rumped elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) is the largest of the African elephant shrew family. It is the size of a small rabbit, and is only found in the coastal Arabuko Sokoke National Park north of Mombassa in Kenya. Its name is derived from the conspicuous golden fur on its hindquarters which contrasts strongly with its otherwise dark fur. On juveniles its fur shows vestigal traces of the checkerboard pattern seen on another giant elephant shrew, the checkered elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon cirnei).

The golden-rumped elephant shrew lives on the forest floor of evergreen forests, rooting through the leaf litter for 80% of the waking day looking for grasshoppers, beetles, spiders and other small invertebrates. The golden-rumped elephant shrew has evolved various stratagems to avoid predators, particularly snakes (like black mambas and cobras) and the southern banded snake-eagle. It is very fast, capable of running at 25km/h. When it detects a predator within its 'flight distance' it will bound off. If, however, the predator is outside its flight distance the elephant shrew will advertise its presence by slapping the leaf litter.

This lets the predator know that it has been seen and it should not waste its time chasing the elephant shrew. In the event of a chase, or an ambush, the golden flash of fur will also often deflect the predators attention away from the head and onto the rump, which has thickened skin. As a final precaution each shrew has several nests which it maintains, thus a predator finding a nest will not learn to associate them with potential food.

Short-eared Elephant Shrew

The Short-eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus), or Round-eared Sengi or Round-eared Elephant Shrew, is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts. They eat insects, shoots, and roots. Their gestation period is 56 days. The Short-eared Elephant Shrew is the only species in its genus (monotypic), but is still grouped with the soft-furred (non-giant) elephant shrews, Elephant-shrews are among only a handful of monogamous mammals, making them a model group for the study of monogamy. The Short-eared Elephant Shrews have been studied for their mate guarding behavio

Four-toed elephant shrew

The four-toed elephant shrew or four-toed sengi is the only living species in the genus Petrodromus, which together with three other extant genera Rhynchocyon, Macroscelides and Elephantulus constitutes the order Macroscelidea. This species is only found in particular regions in Africa and is smaller in size compared to its relatives. A comprehensive recording of this species is lacking. As their name suggests, they have four toes on their hind feet and like other elephant shrews, it has been named for it's elephant-like, mobile trunk.

Rufous Elephant Shrew

The Rufous Elephant-shrew or Rufous Sengi (Elephantulus rufescens) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The name "Rufous Sengi"means "pygmy elephant, become red" in Latin.

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Asian Elephant

Beauty Of Animal | Asian Elephant | Asian Elephant is a (Elephas maximus) is the only living species of the genus Elephas and distributed in Southeast Asia from India to Borneo in the west to the east. Three subspecies are Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka, the Indian elephant or E. m. recognized from mainland Asia indicus and E. m. sumatranus from the island of Sumatra. Asian elephants are the largest living land animals in Asia.

 

Asian elephants are quite durable, with a maximum recorded life span of 86 years.n are generally smaller than Asian elephants and African elephants have the highest body point on the head. Large elephant bulls weigh up to 5400 kg £ 12 000 ft and 3.2 m high at the shoulder 10. The skeleton makes up about 15% of their body weight. The sizes of the wild Asian elephants have been exaggerated in the past. Elephants can record ft measured as high as 3.7 m 2 at the shoulder have. Shoulder height is estimated with the rule of double forefoot circumference.

Scientific classification
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:         Mammalia
Order:         Proboscidea
Family:     Elephantidae
Genus:         Elephas
Species:     E. maximus

The height of the adult male is usually not more than nine feet, 2.7 m, and the female eight feet 2.4 m, but these dimensions are exceeded and sometimes significantly. George P. Sanderson measured a male standing nine feet seven inches 2.9 m at the shoulder, and measuring 26 feet two and one half inch 8 m from the top of the fuselage to the tip of the tail, and he draws on other and reaching nine feet eight inches 2.9 m and nine feet ten inches 3 m at the shoulde note. It is smoother than the African elephant, and is on the trunk, ears or neckBody average temperature is 35.9 ° C depigmented (96.6 ° F).

Elephants are crepuscular. Elephant herds follow well-defined seasonal migration routes. Herds range 8 to 21 animals. Adult males do not depend on a herd of cows, if it contains a female in heat. More than a grown man, they can accompany cows, but in general the dominant bull will mate with the cows. Younger bulls will occasionally engage in mock combat. To strong female fights for access are extremely rare. Elephants in small groups as "bachelor herds' known, but cops can also move independently at different times.

Elephants are able to distinguish low amplitude sounds. They use to communicate with infrasound, this was first taken by the Indian naturalist M. Krishnan noted and examined later by Katharine Payne. A full-grown adult healthy male Asian elephant has few natural enemies, but there are rare cases of tiger hunting on young or weak elephant was.

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The Beuty Of The Elephant

Beuty Of Animlas | The Beuty Of The Elephant | Elephants are known for their keen sense of smell and hearing, compensating for their poor eyesight.  Even though they are the largest and most powerful land mammal, they are gentle and peaceful. Females live in family units. Young males are driven from the family when they reach puberty to live in bachelor herds.

Adult males live alone joining family units only to mate. African elephants weigh between 3 and 6 tons and measure 10 feet to the shoulders. The lifespan of an elephant lasts between 50 and 70 years. 

 

Elephants are vegetarians, feeding on grass, foilage, fruit, branches and twigs. Its massive body requires 200 to 600 pounds of food per day and around 50 gallons of water.  Herds can cover distances of over 50 miles a day, but never move far from water. Both male and female African elephants have tusks. 

 

These tusks can weigh 50 to 100 pounds or more and continue to grow throughout the elephants lifetime. The tusks are used as tools for carrying and clearing. The teeth are used to grind their food. When the elephant loses all its teeth, it can no longer feed and starves to death. The trunk has a multitude of functions. It is used for drinking and eating, washing, carrying, scent, and communicating with other elephants.

During pregnancy, the mother carries her baby almost two years before delivery. At that time, the birth takes place in privacy attended by two other females. A newborn elephant can weigh up to 300 pounds and stand close to 3 feet tall. 

 

The young are aggresively defended. Elephants are widely distributed throughout Kenya. They can be seen in Amboseli, the Aberdares, Maasai Mara, Meru National Park, Mount Kenya, Samburu and Tsavo. 

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