AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals ,10 -13 feet tall and up to 14000 pounds in weight. They have a life span of up to 70 years and can be found in forests grasslands and shrub of Sub Saharan Africa. As herbivores they eat all types of vegetation such as grasses leaves fruits and bark.
UGANDA PICK 33A 500 SHILLINGS 1991
Elephants live in a highly organized social structure called the matriarchal herd. They are up to ten females in the herd all related to the matriarch who is typically the eldest female. Elephants can make a wide range of sounds including grunts. Unlike Asian elephants both sexes carry tusks. They give birth after twenty two months gestation and typically have a single calf every 2 to 9 years.
There are widespread conservation efforts underway to preserve the African elephant ranging from local community management programs which ensure benefits to the local people to International programs to protect the ecology and nature of the existing habitats
African banknotes displaying elephants are countries south of the Sahara desert where elephants are found, and serve to illustrate their wide distribution.
More Elephants: Angola Pick 66 5 Angolares 14-8-26,Angola Pick 89 100 Escudos 15-8-1956, Belgian Congo Pick 25b 100 Francs 15-12-1954,Malawi Pick 35 200 Kwacha 1-6-1995,Uganda Pick27 Five Shillings.Kenya Pick 37 1000 shillings.Zambia Pick 39 500 Kwacha