African Elephant (IMAGE)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

African Elephant

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Recent genomic research has prompted a petition that calls for the reclassification of African elephants from one threatened species to two endangered species to protect both from imminent extinction.

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Photo courtesy US Fish and Wildlife Service National Digital Library.

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