Animal directory
African Savannah Elephant
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for African Savannah Elephant.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Loxodonta africana
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Endangered
- Status code
- EN
- Regions
- Africa
- Biomes
- Desert, Grassland, Wetlands
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-06-23
- Status groups
- Endangered, Threatened
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Elephantidae
- Tax genus
- Loxodonta
- Tax order
- Proboscidea
- Wild population
- 320,000
- Wild population count
- 320000
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 4
- Barrier height
- 3 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 14 °C
- Temp max
- 36 °C
- Area land min
- 502 m²
- Area land
- 502 m² + 502 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 56 m² per animal
- Area water
- 25 m² + 25 m² per extra animal
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 0-30%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Grass 20-40%, Sand 10-40%, Soil 20-40%, Rock 0-20%, Waterlogged 10-40%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 2-16 (up to 1 male, up to 15 females)
- Life expectancy
- 60-86 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-16
- Bachelor males
- 1-5
- Breeding difficulty
- Difficult
- Gestation
- 22 months
- Gestation months
- 22 months
- Group name
- Herd
- Interbirth
- 108 months
- Interbirth months
- 108 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1
- Mating season
- Aseasonal
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Maturity age
- 10 years
- Maturity years
- 10 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- 60 years
- Sterility years
- 60 years
Other facts
- Diet
- Leaves and Branches, Hay
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Albino
- Dominance
- Stable dominant female in female herd. Male dominance in bachelor pods changes depending on age/aggression.
- Enrichment
- Gyro, Large Ball, Large Tyre, Mud Bath, Musical Keyboard, Rubbing Pillar, Skittle
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Barrel Feeder - Hanging, Barrel Feeder - Large, Fixed Roller Feeder - Large, Food Trough - Large, Food Trough - Medium, Food Trough - Small, Melon Feeder, Suspended High Grazer Feeder, Tree Scatter Feeder, Veggie Jelly Cake, Wall Feeder - Large, Wall Feeder - Medium, Wall Feeder - Small
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- Male offspring
- Size female
- 2.6 m
- Size male
- 3.2 m
- Size max
- 3.2 m
- Size measure
- Shoulder height
- Temperature
- 14 to 36°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Water Pipe
- Weather dislikes
- Snow
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- 130 kg
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: Mud Bath, at least 2 | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: at least 3 objects or plants with the Spreading Crown tag; African Savannah Elephant Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Before this level: an Observation Network (Observation Platform) in Tanzania Reserve and this species released in Tanzania Reserve |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 4: Water Surface Area | Unknown |
| Level 6 | Thriving Requirement 5: Waterfall and Metal Frame, at least 2; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Observation network present at Tanzania Reserve AND African Savannah Elephant released at Tanzania Reserve
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Bull Group | Male group | 2 to 5 males |
| Maternal Family Group | Female group | 2 to 8 females |
| Solitary Bull | Solitary male | 1 male |
Release requirements
| Requirement type | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems Required | Flourishing Savannah |
| Ecosystems Required | Either Flourishing Wetland or Flourishing Riverine |
(flourishing AND (flourishing OR flourishing))
Flourishing Savannah
Flourishing Wetland OR Flourishing Riverine
African Savannah Elephant2
Barriers at this grade7
Feeders13
Water sources1
Research levels1
Related entries142
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Thick Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Steel Mesh (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Barrel Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Musical Keyboard (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Wetlands (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Thick Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Desert (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · EEHV (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · African Savannah Elephant (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Large Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Electric (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Listeriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · African Savannah Elephant (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Acrylic (Used by / linked from)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Gabion (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Brick (Used by / linked from)
- African savannah elephant · African Savannah Elephant (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Gabion (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Thick Glass (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Veggie Jelly Cake (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Veggie Jelly Cake (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Tree Scatter Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Wetland (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Small (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Has research · African Savannah Elephant (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Musical Keyboard (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Large (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · African Savannah Elephant (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Cowpox Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · African Savannah Elephant (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Tularemia (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Musical Keyboard (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Gyro (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Desert (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Release requires ecosystem · Wetland · Flourishing Wetland OR Flourishing Riverine (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Barrel Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Large Tyre (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Rubbing Pillar (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Large Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Concrete (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Musical Keyboard (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Barrel Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Small (Requires / provides)
- Objectives · Take Pride (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Gabion (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Rubbing Pillar (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Suspended High Grazer Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Concrete (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Medium (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Steel Mesh (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Concrete (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Electric (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Trough - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Suspended High Grazer Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Desert (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Wetlands (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Skittle (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Trough - Small (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Electric (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Botulism Toxicosis (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Water sources · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Researches species · African Savannah Elephant (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Wall Feeder - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Skittle (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Large Ball (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Brick (Requires / provides)
- Release requires ecosystem · Savannah · Flourishing Savannah (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Skittle (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Steel Mesh (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Trough - Medium (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Savannah (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Melon Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rubbing Pillar (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Suspended High Grazer Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Campylobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Objectives · Earning Your Stripes (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Acrylic (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Large Tyre (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Veggie Jelly Cake (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Wall Feeder - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Foot And Mouth Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Large Tyre (Used by / linked from)
- Has release groups · African Savannah Elephant (Requires / provides)
- African savannah elephant · African Savannah Elephant (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Gyro (Used by / linked from)
- Release requires ecosystem · Riverine · Flourishing Wetland OR Flourishing Riverine (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Barrel Feeder - Hanging (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Barrel Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Large Tyre (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Skittle (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Riverine (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Acrylic (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · MRSA (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Rotavirus (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Trough - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Water Pipe (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rubbing Pillar (Requires / provides)
- Uses water source · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Tree Scatter Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Fixed Roller Feeder - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Gyro (Used by / linked from)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tree Scatter Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Gyro (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Brick (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Melon Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Desert (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Large Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Suspended High Grazer Feeder (Used by / linked from)
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