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mark Cross-reference Header Foote Page Number Header & Footer Links A herbivorous mammal: Phylum Class Genus and species Common name Type of symmetry Brief description (size, color, etc.) Part of the world it is from Habitat it lives in Is it endangered? If so, why? Diet if it is an herbivore, how does it defend itself from predators? What is one unique feature about this species that makes it distinct from similar species of animals?

Answer 1

* Phylum Chordata

*Class Mammalia

*Genus Elephas and Species Maximus

*Common name is Asian elephant or Indian elephant

*Bilateral symmetry

*Elephant is the largest mammal in land and it is usually black in colour. The distinctive features are tusk, trunk, large ears, massive legs etc.

*They are normally found in parts of South Saharian Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

*It survives in habitats like forest, marshes, deserts and savannahs.

*Asian Elephants are endagered animals. This is due to the vast Ivory trade as elephnts are killed for their Ivory tusk.

*The major foods consumed by elephants are tree barks, grasses, small plants, bushes,fruits, roots etc.

*Elephants has very sensitive trunks which can smell danger from a distance.Its trunk is used mainly for the purpose of protection from predators .

*The long nosea or trunk, large floppy ears are some unique features of an elephant.