Elephants
WHS were elephants, Asian or African, live in the wild.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| 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") | |
| Ivindo National Park | Critically Endangered Forest Elephant | |
| Kaeng Krachan Forest | Asian elephant | |
| Kahuzi-Biega National Park | bush elephant | |
| 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 | |
| Mapungubwe | The area was also prime elephant country, providing access to valuable ivory. (wiki) | |
| Mount Kenya | African elephant | |
| Ngorongoro | African elephant | |
| Niokolo-Koba National Park | African elephant | |
| Odzala-Kokoua | A "critically important park for Forest Elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, migrations" (AB ev) | |
| Okapi Wildlife Reserve | African elephant (forest elephant) | |
| Okavango Delta | ||
| 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) | |
| Taï National Park | African elephant | |
| Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng | Asian elephant (Indian elephant) | |
| Tropical Rainforest Sumatra | Asian Elephant (Sumatran elephant) | |
| Victoria Falls | In Zambezi National Park | |
| W-Arly-Pendjari Complex | "The park provides a home for some of West Africa's last wild African Elephants." (Wiki) | |
| Western Ghats | though very few animals actually occur inside the proposed property (AB ev) | |
| iSimangaliso Wetland Park | Reintroduced |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Elephants?
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