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The Largest Mammal on the Earth

The Elephant is the largest mammal to be found on the surface of the Earth. Most of them have a very thick black or gray color skin. Their skin helps them to keep their body cool. Another amazing feature of the elephant is that they have a trunk, which can be used as a nose, hand, extra foot, signaling device, as a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, as well as digging. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Super family: Elephantoidea Family: Elephantidae Average lifetime of the elephant has been measured as 70 years. Little baby elephants are almost like a human baby in their behavior. An impregnated female elephant takes close to 22 months to carry a baby elephant to term. After the birth, the baby elephant is expected to learn many things for it to survive in the wild. They have to learn how to use their trunk to get food and water and how to wash their body and so many other things. Sense...