Elephants

WHS were elephants, Asian or African, live in the wild.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Elephants':

  • "W" National Park of Niger "The park provides a home for some of West Africa's last wild African Elephants." (Wiki)
  • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park African elephant
  • Central Highlands Asian Elephant (Sri Lankan Elephant): "a small remnant population in the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary" (wiki)
  • Chitwan National Park Asian elephant (Indian Elephant)
  • Comoé National Park African elephant
  • Dja Faunal Reserve African elephant (forest elephant)
  • Dong Phayayen Asian elephant (Indian Elephant) in Khao Yai NP
  • Garamba National Park African elephant ("representing an intermediary form between the forest and savannah subspecies")
  • Kaziranga National Park Asian elephant (Indian Elephant)
  • Kilimanjaro National Park African elephant
  • Lake Malawi African elephant (occasionally coming down to the lake)
  • Lopé-Okanda African Elephant: "In 2006 there were some 5,500 forest elephants Loxodonta africana cyclotis (VU), the densest population in Africa" (UNEP)
  • Mana Pools African elephant
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Asian elephant (Indian elephant)
  • Manovo-Gounda St. Floris African elephant
  • Mount Kenya African elephant
  • Ngorongoro African elephant
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park African elephant
  • Okapi Wildlife Reserve African elephant (forest elephant)
  • Phong Nha - Ke Bang Asian Elephant
  • Rwenzori Mountains African elephant (forest elephant)
  • Salonga National Park African elephant (forest elephant)
  • Sangha Trinational Forest elephants
  • Selous Game Reserve African elephant
  • Serengeti African elephant
  • Sinharaja Forest Asian Elephant (Sri Lankan Elephant): possibly one or two (see link); link
  • Taï National Park African elephant
  • Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Asian elephant (Indian elephant)
  • Tropical Rainforest Sumatra Asian Elephant (Sumatran elephant)
  • Victoria Falls
  • Western Ghats though very few animals actually occur inside the proposed property (AB ev)