African bush elephant — Douglas-Hamilton continent count · 25

They open woodland, dig water, disperse seeds and rewrite fire. In this 24-type atlas that engineer role outranks even wolves and whales. A periodic male state with urine dribble, temporal secretion and aggression. It is physiology, not a mood. Large-scale culling paused in the 1990s. Contraception, range expansion and later density debates replaced it without a final peace.

Why is resilience low if some parks are full? Local highs (Chobe, parts of Kruger) sit beside collapsed miombo and Sahel populations. EN is a continental mean, not a waterhole photo. Elephant Voices work on rumble communication and later musth and de-tusking ethics -- a second Amboseli-adjacent science.

African bush elephant is one of 24 types in this animals atlas. The pages treat it as a full system -- history, anatomy, operating principles, culture, icons, future pressure and market shape -- not a ranking of a best species. Scores compare the african bush elephant with the other 23 types on speed, intelligence, range, resilience, cultural impact and ecological role. They are relative editorial marks. Resilience high means more secure; low means threatened. Savanna elephant Endangered (2021 assessment); forest elephant separately Critically Endangered. Ivory and habitat loss are the twin ledgers.