Which is larger, the African or Indian elephant?

Siskin

The African elephant of the savannah is 3-4 metres in height, and weighs 4-7 tonnes. The Asian elephant of Sri Lanka is 2-3 metres, and weighs 3-5 tonnes. http://elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/about_elephants.htm Oct 22 03, 6:53 AM

gmackematix

To add my twopence-worth, fully grown African ones have bigger ears (shaped a bit like Africa) and Indian ones have smaller ears (shaped a bit like India). Also African elephants have 5 toes on each foot while Asian ones only have 4 on each back foot. The veins in an African elephant's ears are such it can lower its body temps by 15 deg C just by flapping them! Oct 23 03, 1:05 AM

Jerry12

African elephants are bigger than Asian Elephants. Males stand 3.64 meters (12 ft) tall at the shoulder and weigh 5,455 kg (12,000 lbs), while females stand 3 meters (10 ft) and weigh 3,636 kg to 4,545 kg (8,000 to 11,000 lbs).[2] However, males can get as big as 15,000 lbs (6,800 kg). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Elephant Jun 19 09, 9:06 AM

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