It is known that the elephant is the largest animal that lives on land. Many facts have demonstrated that. Actually have a two species of elephants africa was left on earth until now, african bush elephants and african forest elephants. Both have the scientific name for each. African elephant scientific name, firstly african bush elephant have a scientific name Loxodonta africana, and african forest elephant have a scientific name Loxodonta cyclotls. Both elephants have the same first name as each derived from the same species Loxodonta.