The kindgom is animalia, which means it is multicellular, heterotrphic, and the cells lack a cell wall. The african elephant lyes in the phylum chordata because it has tissues, and a coelom. the elephant falls in the family Elephantidea because it is a large mammal that is within the order Proboscidea.

Unicellular organisms are made up of only one cell that carries out all of the functions needed by the organism, while multicellular organisms use many different cells to function. Unicellular organisms include bacteria, protists, and yeast.

While multicellular organisms have a lot of cells combined to form tissues and organs so that each organ can do a different functions. An elephant has a lot of organs for performing different functions. Thus, it is a multicellular organism.

Animal

The African elephant is the largest of all elephant species and weighs up to eight tons. Two genetically different African subspecies exist: the savanna and the forest elephant, with a number of characteristics that differentiate them both.

The trunk is crucial for an elephant to survive, which is used for eating food, drinking water and breathing. It is nearly impossible for an elephant to have enough food or water without the use of its trunk.

But elephants and humans have much in common, including their intelligence. Both people and elephants have complex social lives and family structure. Both love, protect, and nurture family members and educate the young with the skills and knowledge they need to survive.

calf

Typically, mother elephants and their daughters remain together in a matriarch-led herd from birth until they are separated by death. Sons eventually strike out on their own; when family reunions occur, they’re joyous occasions.

Females give birth while standing. The birth itself lasts only a few minutes. A single calf is usually born head and forelegs first.

22 months

But other doctors at Los Angeles’ Methodist Hospital found it incredible that Mrs. Hunter had been pregnant 375 days (instead of the normal 280) before her baby was born there last week; 375 days would be the longest pregnancy on record, topping the runner-up by about 58 days.

The mother’s reaction to her calf is probably an effect of life in captivity, as animals’ protective instincts can be altered when they live outside of their traditional social structures.

In the wild, male elephants will fight over a potential mate. In captivity, caretakers work to get female elephants pregnant during their fertilization period. Once a female elephant is pregnant, the elephant gestation period officially begins.

Asian elephant: 18 – 22 months

seahorses

These clusters of specialized, cooperating cells eventually became the first animals, which DNA evidence suggests evolved around 800 million years ago. Sponges were among the earliest animals.