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Published: 2018-01-23 11:15:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 27221; Favourites: 412; Downloads: 220
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Click download to full view. My elephant species identification poster is complete! I have really enjoyed working on it and learning new things along the way.The poster is available to purchase from my Redbubble store .
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There they are, all together! I so love the illustrations on their own, but put together here they really shine. This is where that grandeur of old-school naturalist illustrations really shows. I like how simplistic your poster is too, in terms of colour and layout. It's not so complex that it distracts, easy to look over, while still conveying a lot of information. Great piece of natural history work!
Edited to add: for some reason the download link does not seem to be working for me. Don't know if it's a temporary error or actually broken?
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So glad you like this one, it's one of my favourites too! I was so swept up by sudden interest for this subject that I think I completed it in 2 days. If only all my projects were so efficient!
The download is working fine for me. "Temporary error" sounds about right for DeviantArt
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Слоны на мой взгляд не важно выглядят , ведь . это животное красиво и величественно . Плохой рисунок , прежде всего по живости , по движению , как пластмассовые игрушки. Что касается пропорциий к человеку , если ВЫ не были рядом со слоном , то понятно ... Если средний чел, 175-180 см то средний то африканец средний ( самец) 320 - 330 см индиец ( самец) 300-310 см Самый крупный зафиксированный африканец Йоси 370 см Самый крупный индиец Рамачандран 318 см
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Can you post a bigger version works in the future. I can not zoom this in to read it
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I always learn so much from your work, fascinating and informative 
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You're very kind 
Oh cool, she is a friend of yours?
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One could say that
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Gotta love those kinds of friendships! Sounds like me and decors (except I lost my RP mojo a while ago - It was so much fun when we did RP though).
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This is wonderful. Each image is the perfect representation of the three species. You can see the clear differences between them all - and not just colour. You've got that unique ear shape down spot on. The difference in back shapes. Darn, even teh subtle facial structure differences! I'm in awe! This is incredible. You'd struggle to find a book with as good, clear, and informative a reference as this. Fantastic work!
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I suppose the differences are obvious when you look at them side-by-side like this, but if I met them in person, especially from afar or obscured by foliage, I think telling the two African species apart could be difficult because the variation between individual elephants is quite great (just like people). Not all forest elephants have rounded ears, long tusks, etc. The main tell would probably be habitat and size.
Many thanks for your supportive and thoughtful comments!
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Glad to hear you like it
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Isn't the forest elephant a different genus though?
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But what about the study that found it to be more closely related to Paleoloxodon than to Loxodon, would that not render it in a different genus?
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I'm not a taxonomist, just a casual reader on this subject
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Loxodonta africana in Northern Africa? The only elephants were there is Loxodonta atlantica, and is extinct.
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I went off data provided by WWF. I believe there are specialized African bush elephants who make their home in the Sahara.
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Actual Southern Sahara maybe... but in Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Western Sahara... only Loxodonta atlantica was there (became extinct at Roman Empire times)
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What I have in the diagram is their historical range from WWF. I will probably make some changes or add a note to the poster to clarify this. Thank you for pointing it out!
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You're not the only one, that's why I made this poster
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well thanks for the info, this is a really eye opener
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beautiful presentation and art
my grandmother would have adored this
she really liked elephants
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Thank you!
I have noticed elephants seem to be special animals to many people. Maybe because they seem to have almost human-like intelligence and capacity for emotion.
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that's true 
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