Elephants In The Dust

African elephant range and population distribution

MOROCCO

LIBYA

ALGERIA

EGYPT

Western Sahara

MAURITANIA

MALI

CHAD

SUDAN

NIGER

ERITREA

SENEGAL

GAMBIA

BURKINA FASO

GUINEA- BISSAU

DJIBOUTI

GUINEA

BENIN

Somaliland

ETHIOPIA

SIERRA LEONE

SOUTH SUDAN

TOGO

NIGERIA

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

LIBERIA

GHANA

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

SOMALIA

CAMEROON

KENYA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

EQ. GUINEA

UGANDA

GABON

CONGO

RWANDA BURUNDI

TANZANIA

Elephant population distribution

500 to 1 000 0 to 100 100 to 500

MALAWI

ANGOLA

10 000 to 50 000 1 000 to 5 000 5 000 to 10 000 50 000 to 80 000

ZAMBIA

MOZAMBIQUE

MADAGASCAR

ZIMBABWE

Elephant range, 2007 (no population data available)

BOTSWANA

NAMIBIA

Known Possible

SWAZILAND

Note:The population count and distribution indicated are estimates based on di erent survey methods in selected input zones, and in di erent years, ranging from 1995 to 2005.

LESOTHO

SOUTH AFRICA

Source: African Elephant Database (AED)/IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG)

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