Elephants without tusks: The biggest problem facing the African elephant.

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  • Conrado González Ferreira Universidad de Málaga Spain

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https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.16.187.2024.17889

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Elephants without tusks, poaching, human-animal conflict, tusks, hunting.

Abstract

The African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) is endangered because of two main
reasons, human-animal conflict and ivory poaching. In this article we address how this hunting is
causing, through artificial selection, the tendency towards the appearance of elephants without tusks
or with very short tusks.

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2024-07-30

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González Ferreira, C. (2024). Elephants without tusks: The biggest problem facing the African elephant. Encuentros En La Biología, 16(187), 6–8. https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.16.187.2024.17889

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