Elephants are mammals and is the largest land animal in the world. There are two species of Elephants in the world today is the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian Elephant) and the African Elephant. African Elephants are the largest land animal in the world. Throughout the year there were 55 million 500 species of Elephants are known and only two extant species of Asian Elephants and African Elephants. Species of Asian elephant and African elephant began to break up about two million years ago.
