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THE WORLDWIDE POPULATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS ARE 415,000
from ISU - Pritha Saha
by Pritha Saha
In Central Africa, elephant population are estimated to be 24,119, in Eastern Africa it is 86,373, in Southern Africa being the largest population of 293,447 and in West Africa it is 11,489.
Botswana is home to the world's largest elephant population with over 130,000 elephants.
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Elephants travel in groups and exhibit clumped distribution based on their social structure. The clumps can contain one or several families called a "clan". Occasionally you may see elephants away from the clumped groups as they scvanges for food. Elephants are matriarchal, meaning they live in female-led groups ( typically older females). In the savanna, these female lead family units consist of about 10 individuals. Sometimes families join together and form a clan of up to 70 members. 1
