ELEPHANTS. Indigenous to both Africa and India, the elephant is the largest of all living land animals. A peaceful herbivore, the adult of the species has no fear of any other animal, with the exceptions of the human hunter and small rodents that might...

The elephant is a large mammal with a long trunk and tusks. The trunk is an elongated nose used for feeding, drinking, bathing, blowing dust, and testing the air. The tusks are upper incisor teeth composed entirely of dentine (ivory) used for...

Any of three ungulate species in the order Proboscidea (family Elephantidae), characterized by their large size, long trunk, tusks, massive legs, large ears, and huge head. All species are grayish to brown, with sparse, coarse body hair. The trunk is...

Normally what one calls someone who has just stepped on one’s toe, either the word on its own or ‘you elephant!’ There is a passage in King Solomon’s Mines, by H.Rider Haggard, which gives a different slant on this term, and...

An elephant does not catch mice. (Roman) An elephant’s tusks are never too heavy for it. (African) By a sweet tongue and kindness, you can drag an elephant with a hair. (Persian) The elephant does not feel a flea bite. (Italian) The elephant does...

Elephants (Elephantidae) are a family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia. They were once classified along with other thick skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata. There are three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the...