African Elephant vs. Asian Elephant: Ears and Trunk One of the easiest ways to tell the difference between an African elephant and an Asian elephant is by looking at their ears and trunks.

Fossils from Bethlehem, excavated in the 1930s, are probably more than three million years old and may represent the earliest record of the mammoth/Asian elephant lineage out of Africa. Our current ...

There are two types of elephants: African and Asian. They both have long trunks, large ears, and sturdy bodies with light gray or dark gray skin. While there are definitely some differences ...