African forest elephant (IMAGE)

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African forest elephant

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A new study analyzed the largest archaeological cargo of African ivory ever found, researchers report. All of the elephant tusks were from African forest elephants, Loxodonta cyclotis.

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Photo by Nicholas Georgiadis

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