象是目前世界上最大型的陸生動物，包含有亞洲象及非洲象兩種。非洲象不論雌雄都有向前突出的象牙，亞洲象的母象則無象牙。非洲象又分二類：森林型非洲象，體色較深，體型較小；草原型非洲象，體色較淡，體型較大。

大象用趾尖走路，後跟有肉墊，以支撐龐大的體重。牠們皮厚，毛少，容易生皮膚病，所以經常洗澡或做泥浴。牠們也會揚起塵土，或在地上打滾，以土覆身去除皮膚上的寄生蟲。長鼻用來摘取食物、汲水喝或搬運物品。象一生中會磨損掉上下頜每邊各6顆臼齒，當最後一副牙齒 (第6顆) 磨損掉，長不出新牙，嚼不動食物時，即面臨死亡。象是母系社會，由年長的母象帶領象群，領隊必須決定尋覓食物的路程。

由於非洲象是象牙主要來源，因此遭到人類大量獵殺，自1989年起，非洲象已列為瀕危野生動物。

Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals on the planet. The main two recognized species include the African elephant and the Asian elephant. Both the male and female African elephants have tusks, while the female Asian elephant does not. The African elephants consist of two extant subspecies: the African forest elephant, which is darker and smaller, and the African bush elephant, which is of a lighter color and bigger.

The circular feet of elephants have soft tissues, or cushion pads, which help distribute the animal's weight. Their skin is thick with very little hair, making it easy for them to get skin diseases; therefore, they often wash themselves or take mud baths. An elephant's trunk is used to grab food, get water to drink or move things. Elephants have 12 deciduous premolars and 12 molars. The chewing teeth are replaced five times in an elephant's lifetime, when the elephant can no longer chew food after the last set falls out, they will most likely die from starvation. Poaching for ivory tusks still threatens African elephants since they are the primary source of ivory in the world. The African elephant was listed as an endangered species in 1989.