Elephant Mopane (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

Elephant Mopane

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This is an elephant in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa. Historical biomass reconstructions show that elephants probably dominated herbivore biomass patterns across the continent, being almost equivalent to all other species combined in many areas.

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Dr Gareth Hempson

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