2006-12-19 19:55:06 · 17 answers · asked by SOL SIREN 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Sorry not at this moment, as far as I know, so my reply will be merely speculations: I am not sure, but I doub´t the dwarf elephant´s are really regarded as scientifically described, and there's no evidence for their existence, however one sometimes see "facts" about a species with the latin name Loxodonta pumilus, dwarf elephants.
But, one has to bear in mind, that all animals gets smaller in forest than in open area. In the case of elephants, there's two different types of African elephant; (Loxodonta africana) it is divided into two so called subspecies.
The greater, bush elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) is bigger, has larger proportionally ears, big tusks that is bend horizontally outwards and,and has 4 toes on the frontnails, and 3 toes on the hindnails. While in the rainforest in Westafrica, exist an other subspecies, the forest (or roundeared) elephant, Loxodonta africana cyclotis , with smaller ears, smaller tusks, that is bent downwards, and with 5 frontnails and 4 backnails.
The general body is smaller and lower. Of this subspecies exists today only two captive in Europe, unfortunately not in the same zoo. I don´t think there's any in USA. For the old game hunters in the early 1800´s, that saw the giants in Angola before they were killed, the forest elephant must have indeed appeared much smaller, especially in the dark forest.
During the late 70´s I saw a dwarf elephant in Dehivela gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (true cyclotis) It was in fact very small and had a dwarfish character. I was never convinced whether this elephant had this strange appearance due to wrong diet or some pathological reason, but it looked strange. On the other hand, when there's an ambition to make someone a dwarf there's always possible... Personally, I felt that this elephant had some pathologic problem, because it did look rather sick and bad.
There was no whatsoever "natural" appearance in the body, which otherwise smaller varieties of animals still will have. Then, of course it´s difficult to know about the extinct northern elephant, Loxodonta africana pharaoensis. This was the elephant that were brought to Italy from Cartage by Hannibal, and that was used in the arenas in old Rome.
Did it exist small varieties of this one, adapted to difficult conditions? So far, I have not come over any facts,indicating there are any dwarf elephants.
2006-12-19 20:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by glduke2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have researched this and Dwarf Elephants are a prehistoric animal.
Sorry to dissapoint x x
2006-12-19 20:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
confident they do. My son has an elephant series which began in 1969, i understand he has one carved out of Rose Quartz, 2 that are a pinkish Rhodochrosite and that i imagine the different one interior the pink classification is a rhodonite. yet at gem shows i have seen them in pink onyx, pink jade, cherry quartz and different gem stones and minerals. I have a sparkly, almost warm pink one made out of ceramic that the youngsters offered me at some flea market some weeks in the past. he's a flower pot. i'm transplanting a number of my aloe veras into him. i understand interior the movie "Fantasia" elephants got here in all forms of colorations. so so a procedures as you question is going, definite, elephants may be any colour.
2016-12-01 00:00:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think so - there is the option of adopting average elephants though through zoo's and other organisations.
2006-12-21 08:10:20 · answer #4 · answered by debzc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they exist anymore, if so, they are rather hard to find. Elephants are very cute though! Good luck!
2006-12-19 20:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by endlessgurl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are pygmy elephants, the size of dogs. Here is a site about them. http://www.geocities.com/capedrevenger/pygmyelephant.html
2006-12-19 20:01:20 · answer #6 · answered by Twisted Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've heard about dwarf T-Rex, but it's too late to adopt one of them.
2006-12-19 19:58:41 · answer #7 · answered by patrixdotcom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but a local shop do elephant costumes so maybe you could dress up and treat him this christmas
2006-12-19 20:10:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and it is illegal to have a wild animal as a pet unless you are a zoo or organization like that.
2006-12-19 20:04:57 · answer #9 · answered by greylady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They certainly do, they just don't live very long... within 2 years they've usually grown up.
2006-12-19 20:45:53 · answer #10 · answered by TruthHurts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋