African-Bush-Elephant-Loxodonta-africana.-Also-simply-called-the-African-elephant.-Recently-this-genus-was-split-into-two-species-with-the-other-being-the-African-forest-elephant-Loxodinta-cyclotis.-The-African-elephant-is-the-largest-and-heaviest-land-animal-on-earth.-It-is-patchily-distributed-throughout-much-of-central-and-southern-Africa