He even hunted elephant, although the Asian elephant is not quite as ferocious as his African cousin.

), tigers ( Panthera tigris subspecies ), Asiatic lion ( Panthera leo persica ), leopards ( Panthera pardus ), Jaguar ( Panthera onca ), Cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus ), Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ), some populations of African Elephant ( Loxodonta africana ), the dugong and manatees ( Sirenia ), and all Rhinoceros species ( except some Southern African subspecies populations ).

General limitations about the structure and philosophy of CITES include: by design and intent it focuses on trade at the species level and does not address habitat loss, ecosystem approaches to conservation, or poverty ; it seeks to prevent unsustainable use rather than promote sustainable use ( which generally conflicts with the Convention on Biological Diversity ), although this has been changing ( see Nile Crocodile, African elephant, South African white rhino case studies in Hutton and Dickinson 2000 ).

On 15 July 2008, the Committee that oversees the administration of the convention between meetings of all the Parties granted China and Japan permission to import elephant ivory from four African government stockpiles, the ivory being sold at a single auction in each country.

African elephant skeleton

Three living species of elephant are recognized: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Indian or Asian elephant ; although some group the two African species into one and some researchers also postulate the existence of a fourth species in West Africa.

The African elephant genus contains two living species ; whereas the Asian elephant species is the only surviving member of the Asian elephant genus, but can be divided into four subspecies.

African bush ( savanna ) elephant in Etosha National Park, Namibia.

The elephants of the genus Loxodonta, known collectively as African elephants, are currently found in 37 countries in Africa.

African elephants have traditionally been classified as a single species comprising two distinct subspecies, namely the savanna elephant ( Loxodonta africana africana ) and the forest elephant ( Loxodonta africana cyclotis ), but recent DNA analysis suggests that these may actually constitute distinct species.

African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana )

The African elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) is a very large herbivore having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long curved tusks of ivory, and large, fan-shaped ears.

There are two distinct species of African elephant: African forest elephant ( Loxodonta cyclotis ) and the African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ).

The African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) has a shoulder height of up to and weighs up to 13 tons.

African elephants form a widely-accepted taxon, the genus Loxodonta

Some ancient powers in Africa did make use of elephants, but they employed the now-extinct North African subspecies Loxodonta ( africana ) pharaoensis ( see the article on war elephants for an overview ).

Only two genera, Loxodonta ( African elephants ) and Elephas ( Asiatic elephants ), are living.

:: Loxodonta ( African )

The African forest elephant ( Loxodonta cyclotis ) is a forest dwelling elephant of the Congo Basin.

Formerly considered either a synonym or a subspecies of the African savanna elephant ( Loxodonta africana ), a 2010 study established that the two are distinct species.

* IUCN African Elephant Specialist Group ( AfESG ): Statement on the Taxonomy of extant Loxodonta ( February, 2006 ).

Image: Loxodonta africana ( Rush for the water ). jpg | African Elephants

This population, along with the Indian elephant, was considered the best war elephant in antiquity, and was found superior to the smallish North African Elephant ( Loxodonta africana pharaoensis ) used by the armies of Carthage.

Palaeoloxodon belongs to the genus Elephas and so is more closely related to the Asian Elephant than the Asian is to the two species of African elephants in genus Loxodonta.

Cassava is sometimes described as the ‘ bread of the tropics ' but should not to be confused with the tropical and equatorial bread tree ( Encephalartos ), the breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ) or the African breadfruit ( Treculia africana ).

Other herbal medicines that have research support in systematic reviews include beta-sitosterol from Hypoxis rooperi ( African star grass ) and pygeum ( extracted from the bark of Prunus africana ), while there is less substantial support for the efficacy of pumpkin seed ( Cucurbita pepo ) and stinging nettle ( Urtica dioica ) root.

Several authors have separated the Madagascan subspecies ( U. e. marginata ) as a separate species, and also the resident African form U. e. africana.

** African Jacana-Actophilornis africana

* Sasia africana African Piculet

* Upupa africana African Hoopoe

*** Chlamydoselachus africana ( Southern African frilled shark )

The frilled shark differs from its southern African relative, C. africana, in having more vertebrae ( 160 – 171 vs 147 ) and more turns in the spiral valve intestine ( 35 – 49 versus 26 – 28 ), as well as in various proportional measurements such as a longer head and shorter gill slits.

* African Piculet, Verreauxia africana

The African race, C. c. africana, described by Temminck and Schlegel, in 1849, is known as the African Quail.

* African Rock Gecko, Afroedura africana

The probable answer is that it will do so just as long as Russia can exercise a veto in favor of chaos and until young African nations wake up to the truth that out of false pride they are visiting ruin on Central Africa.

A special grandstand, protected by awnings from the midsummer sun of Illinois, should be erected for occupancy by honored guests, who should include the ambassadors of all those new African nations as yet not quite convinced that the United States is thoroughly civilized.

The African rock python, a close second, is followed in turn by the reticulate python.

The scheme, in theory, is an ingenious adaptation of European registration systems to the conditions of African life.

Of course, the " substrate " of Angolan culture is African, mostly Bantu, while Portuguese culture has been imported.

An African influence is evident in music and dance, and is moulding the way in which Portuguese is spoken, but is almost disappearing from the vocabulary.

Angola is basically interested in the participation of the FAA operations of the African Union and has formed special units for this purpose.

Black sign language is influenced by African American English ( AAE ).

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

This listing was removed from CITES in June 2010 by the South African government and South African abalone is no longer subject to CITES trade controls.

The key question is whether Linnaeus's type was a South African plant or a South American plant.

* 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

* 1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.

The more humid regions have a richer vegetation ; dense forest where the rainfall is greatest and variations of temperature least, conditions found chiefly on the tropical coasts, and in the west African equatorial basin with its extension towards the upper Nile ; and savanna interspersed with trees on the greater part of the plateaus, passing as the desert regions are approached into a scrub vegetation consisting of thorny acacias, etc.

The South African plateau, as far as about 12 ° S, is bounded east, west and south by bands of high ground which fall steeply to the coasts.

The South African plateau is connected towards East African plateau, with probably a slightly greater average elevation, and marked by some distinct features.

The loss of syllable-final r in North America is confined mostly to the accents of eastern New England, New York City and surrounding areas and the coastal portions of the South, and African American Vernacular English.

Contributions from these ethnic foods have become as common as traditional " American " fares such as hot dogs, hamburgers, beef steak, which are derived from German cuisine, ( chicken-fried steak, for example, is a variation on German schnitzel ), cherry pie, Coca-Cola, milkshakes, fried chicken ( Fried chicken is of Scottish and African influence ) and so on.