The African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), more accurately the African Bush Elephant, is a large African mammal. It is an adoptable animal in all three Zoo Tycoon games.
Description[]
The African Elephant is the largest living terrestrial animal. Males, or bulls, can reach a shoulder height of 3.96m (13ft) and weigh up to 10.4 tonnes. Females, or cows, are generally smaller. The African elephant is larger than the Asian Elephant, with larger ears which they use to help keep cool and two finger-like extensions on their trunk, as opposed to the Asian elephant's one. The elephant's trunk contains over 40000 muscles and is extremely sensitive to touch, allowing it to uproot trees just as easily as picking up a blade of grass. Both males and females possess large tusks, although these grow faster in the males.
The African elephant lives across Sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats, although it is typically found in wooded-savannah. Female elephants form large family-based herds lead by the oldest female, or matriarch. Males leave these herds upon adolescence and join bachelor herds, only rejoining the female herds during the breeding season. Elephants eat a variety of vegetation including grass, leaves and bark, and are known to be highly intelligent. Elephant populations have affected in the past due to poaching, although their numbers are rising.
Zoo Tycoon[]
The African Elephant is an adoptable animal in Zoo Tycoon and is available in the base game. In Freeform mode, it is unlocked 9 in-game months after opening a zoo.
While it primarily prefers the Savannah terrain, it also needs dirt, sand, and a good amount of water. Its favorite trees are Baobab Trees. African Elephants can sleep in the small and large elephant shelters. They like to play with swinging logs.
Tooltip[]
African elephants live in herds and only elephant shelters are large enough for elephants. African elephants need fresh water to drink from.
 Animal Facts
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| The native habitat of the elephant is the open savannah of central and southern Africa. In the wild, elephants occupy a wide geographic range, often traveling many miles in a single day. In captivity, elephants need relatively large spaces in which to live and move about. The more elephants, the more space they need. Elephants are generally found in regions containing wide swaths of tall grasses broken by the occasional stands of acacias and the large African baobab tree, which the elephants like to use for shade. Areas of dirt and sand near waterholes form cool mud holes for the elephants to wallow in, and the occasional large rock provides a perfect scratching post for removing dried mud.
Elephants are herbivores, eating various grasses, hay, and even trees. They eat frequently, which is not surprising, given their enormous size. Their long, flexible trunks allow them to reach down to pull up tall grasses as well as to reach up to pull down tasty branches inaccessible even to a giraffe. In captivity, they are fed a variety of foods, including hay, browse (e.g., acacia, corn stalks, bamboo, mulberry, and ficus), apples, bananas, carrots, yams, bran, and herbivore pellets. Elephants are social animals. Although they are often found in groups of up to 25 individuals in the wild, keeping great numbers of elephants in a zoo setting would tax even the wealthiest of zoos. In captivity, groups of two to six individuals are more common. Elephants can quickly become upset when they don't have enough contact with others of their own kind. An angry or upset elephant will make its familiar loud trumpeting sound. Their highly social nature means that one angry elephant can quickly upset the rest of the herd. Elephants are hardy animals that don't often get sick. When they do, their strong constitutions enable them to weather the illness a relatively long time before it becomes life-threatening. Elephants reproduce poorly in captivity. As the largest land mammals in the world, elephants can afford to feel relatively safe in the wild, at least from other animals. In general, elephants only tolerate their own kind. While they have nothing to fear from even the largest predators, they still become very uneasy when placed in close proximity to these animals. Even non-predatory buffalo and rhinos can make elephants uncomfortable. |
Zoo Tycoon 2[]
The African Elephant is an adoptable animal in Zoo Tycoon 2 and is available in the base game. In Campaign and Challenge mode, it becomes available for purchase after the zoo fame reaches 4 stars.
Habitat[]
The African Elephant is a large animal that needs a large enclosure. It prefers the savannah biome. In addition, it is a swimmer and a wallower that prefers an enclosure with lots of water.
Diet[]
The African Elephant is an herbivore that eats hay, grass, and branches.
Enrichment[]
Elephants are very intelligent animals that enjoy stimulation from food and balls. They will carry around elephant logs, and paint pictures on an easel.
Shelter[]
Elephants like the shade structure. This species, along with the Asian elephant, are the only species that uses the Elephant House as a form of shelter.
Behavior[]
African Elephants are animals that prefer to be in herds. They are social creatures, and will often interact with other members of their species by stroking them with their trunks. When a calf is born, herd members will all take care of it. Males will sometimes act aggressively to each other and fight.
Curiously, elephant herds in Zoo Tycoon 2 are led by a male elephant, rather than a female which is more accurate.
 zootycoon.com Description
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| The African elephant lives in grassy regions south of the Sahara Desert. Elephants are the largest land animals and are extremely strong and highly intelligent. They are also long-lived, with life spans of 60 years or more. Healthy, full-grown elephants have no natural enemies other than humans. Elephants also have no sweat glands, so they like to cool off by rolling in ponds and streams. The mud that dries on their skin protects them from the sun. |
Zoo Tycoon (Xbox)[]
The African Bush Elephant is an adoptable animal in Zoo Tycoon (Xbox) and is available in the base game. As this game was made after the recognition that the African Forest Elephant was a separate species, it is the first game in the series to refer to the species as the African Bush Elephant.
The African Bush Elephant is unlocked at a Fame Level of 3 and prefers savannah exhibits. It is compatible with giraffes, antelopes, rhinoceroses and other elephants.
Other Games[]
Zoo Tycoon 2: Mobile[]
The African Elephant is an adoptable animal in the Java version of Zoo Tycoon 2: Mobile. It is the sixth animal the player can unlock in the versions of the game that has it.
The African Elephant is a Savannah biome animal that likes dirt, sand and water in its exhibit as well as the Thorn Bush and Small Rocks for decoration. The African Elephant's sprites also resemble those in Zoo Tycoon.
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| Zoo Tycoon DS animals | |
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| Standard Animals | African Buffalo • African Elephant • African Lion • African Warthog • American Bighorn Sheep • American Bison • Arctic Wolf • Bengal Tiger • Black Bear • Black Leopard • Black Rhinoceros • California Sea Lion • Cheetah • Chimpanzee • Clouded Leopard • Common Wildebeest • Dromedary Camel • Emperor Penguin • Gemsbok • Giant Anteater • Giant Panda • Giraffe • Gray Wolf • Greater Flamingo • Grizzly Bear • Hippopotamus • Ibex • Jaguar • Leopard • Lowland Gorilla • Mandrill • Markhor • Moose • Okapi • Olive Baboon • Ostrich • Plains Zebra • Polar Bear • Red Kangaroo • Saltwater Crocodile • Siberian Tiger • Snow Leopard • Spotted Hyena • Thomson's Gazelle • White Bengal Tiger |
| Unlockable Content | Asian Elephant • Kouprey • Onager • Orangutan • Unicorn |
| Zoo Tycoon 2 DS animals | |
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| Standard Animals | African Elephant • Black Panther • Black Rhinoceros • California Sea Lion • Cheetah • Chimpanzee • Dolphin • Dromedary Camel • Galapagos Giant Tortoise • Giant Sable Antelope • Gray Wolf • Greater Flamingo • Grizzly Bear • Komodo Dragon • Lion • Masai Giraffe • Moose • Nile Crocodile • Ostrich • Orangutan • Polar Bear • Pygmy Hippopotamus • Red Kangaroo • Spanish Lynx • Wolverine • Zebra |
| Star Animals | American Beaver • Emperor Penguin • Giant Panda • Koala • Mountain Gorilla • Sea Otter |
| Amazing Animals | Saber-toothed Tiger • Triceratops • Unicorn • Yeti |
| Zoo Tycoon 2: Mobile animals | |
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| Zoo Tycoon 2: Mobile | African Elephant • Bengal Tiger • Black Rhinoceros • Cheetah • Chimpanzee • Giant Panda • Giraffe • Lion • Lowland Gorilla |
| Marine Mania Mobile | Bottlenose Dolphin • Giant Pacific Octopus • Great White Shark • Green Sea Turtle • Manta Ray • Orca • Rockhopper Penguin |