Elephants

Provides a comprehensive natural history of elephants, using the latest research, and observations by naturalists, travellers and those who work or have worked with elephants. Both the African and Asian species are covered, as well as extinct forms such as the mammoth. Information is given on ecology, biology, taxonomy, distribution, feeding, breeding, social behaviour, population dynamics, longevity, structure and growth of tusks, the ivory trade, domestication, and the relationship to m