Elephantidae Collection

African Elephant - crossing Letaba River, backlit by evening light. Kruger National Park, South Africa
ASW-4866 African Elephant - crossing Letaba River, backlit by evening light. Kruger National Park, South Africa. Loxodonta africana Alan J. S

Indian elephant, c. 1898
Jung Pasha or Jung Pershad was one of four Asian elephants brought back to London Zoo by Bertie, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) following his tour of India during 1875-76

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) male, India

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) male, walking through forest, South India

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd walking in the plains during the dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. October

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd walking in a line, Etosha National Park, Namibia

RF- African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at sunset. Chobe National Park, Botswana. Endangered species

Mammoth skeleton drawing
Plate 10 from Memoires de L Acadamie Imperiale des Sciences, Vol 5, 1815

Tooth from a woolly mammoth
Tooth from an extinct woolly mammoth, specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Homo heidelbergensis in action
A reconstructed scene by Angus McBride showing Homo erectus killing an elephant. Homo heidelbergensis lived for about 1.5 million years and is believed to have used sophisticated tools

Sketch of an elephant, with descriptive notes
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

An adult elephant (Elephantidae) washes in the river, Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka, Asia

Woolly Mammoth
Illustration of a woolly mammoth in a snowy landscape

22, 000 - 30, 000 years old Venus figures
Left to right. a) In fired clay from Moravia. b) In mammoth ivory from France. The Willendorf Venus c) In limestone from Austria. d) In mammoth ivory from Ukraine

Upper Palaeolithic tools 18 - 30, 000 years old
L-R: a) Bone used to make needle blanks. b) Bone needle. c & d) Harpoon head and Barbed Point carved from antler. e & f) Two heads carved in mammoth ivory

African Elephants -Loxodonta africana-, herd with young at the waterhole, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

George the elephant, 1935
Two attendants brush down the African elephant George in the Central Hall in one of several shots of Museum staff taken by Weekly Illustrated photographers for an article that appeared in February

Mammal and Whale Gallery
Models of an Asiatic elephant (left) and an African elephant (right), on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24) at the Natural History Museum, London

Loxodonta africana, African elephant
A close-up of an African elephant adult male bull, on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912
Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist

African elephant in Central Hall, February 1910
Photographed in 1910 just three years after his arrival, the African elephant later nicknamed George, was obtained from the taxidermists Rowland Ward Ltd

The Natural History Museum at Tring
Gallery 3 at the Natural History Museum at Tring, the sister museum of the Natural History Museum, London

Mastodon in Geological Gallery, December 1919
The Guide Lecturer, John Henry Leonard, took this shot of two girls inspecting a primitive elephant or mastodon (Mammut americanus), in December 1919

George in the entrance, April 1927, the Natural History Mus
The removal of George the African elephant from the Central Hall in April 1927 for remounting

RF-Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) dust bathing. Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free)

RF - African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in water, trunks touching, Zimanga game reserve, South Africa. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Elephant (Loxodonta africana), male standing on hind legs to reach acacia pods with Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in background. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

Asiatic elephants (Elephas maximus), dust bathing at dawn. Jim Corbett National Park, India

An Elephant. After a 19th century print
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) hidden behind a bush, Marataba Private Reserve, Marakele National Park, South Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) using termite mound to reach for food, Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at water at night, Zimanga game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf and adult trunk, Zimanga game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf in water, Zimanga game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African elephant (Loxondota africana) in a marsh, flapping its ears, Masai Mara, Kenya. March

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) herd passing through Sal tree forest, Jim Corbett National Park, India

African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) two head to head playing, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

RF - African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) at night, reflected in waterhole, South Africa

Leopard / mountain tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) with elephant bull (Loxodonta africana) behind in water, Addo elephant national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, September

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding on grasses, Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana. May

Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), herd drinking water and crossing Mountain River at dawn, Jim Corbett National Park, India

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) femalenext to termite mound in forest, Nagarhole National Park, South India

Zebras at watering hole, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

African Elephant at watering hole, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

African Elephants, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother and calf silhouetted at sunset, Kenya

Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) walking, Yala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

An abstract image from a low angle of elephants as they walk from Hwange national Park to Chobe National Park, Botswana An abstract image from a low angle of elephants as they walk from Hwange

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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd with calf, silhouetted, Botswana

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) female and calf under tree in the rain, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

African elephant (Loxodonta africana), female and calf, crossing plain at sunset. Amboseli National Park, Kenya. July

African desert elephant (Loxodonta africana), drinking from waterhole, Hoanib River, Damaraland, Namibia

Three Sri Lankan elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) with two calves walking along forest road, Yala National Park, Southern and Uva Provinces, Sri Lanka

African elephant (Loxodonta africana), male, covered in red dust, under shade of tree. Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Herd of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) coming to drink at waterhole. Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) male, eye detail through foliage, Bardia National Park, Terai, Nepal

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) with calf, digging out a mud wallow, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) at waterhole. Tembe Elephant Park. KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

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Zimbabwe, Bumi Hills. The sun sets as a lone elephant watches from the shore of Lake Kariba. Date: 05/02/2009

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Africa, Namibia, Puros. Desert dwelling elephants of Kaokoland. Date: 26/08/2009

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Africa, Namibia, Puros. Desert dwelling elephants of Kaokoland. Date: 26/08/2009

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Africa, Namibia, Etosha. Elephants having dust bath at a waterhole in Etosha National Park. Date: 26/08/2009

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Africa, Namibia, Etosha. Elephant having dust bath at a waterhole in Etosha National Park. Date: 26/08/2009

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Africa, Kenya, Nairobi. Caretaker bottle feeds orphaned baby elephant at David Sheldrick's Wildlife Trust. Date: 11/12/2008

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Africa, Kenya, Nairobi. Caretaker bottle feeding orphaned baby elephant Shukuru at David Sheldrick's Wildlife Trust. Date: 11/12/2008

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Africa, Kenya, Maasai Mara. An elehpant in the Maasai Mara. Date: 05/03/2005

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Botswana, Savute. Elephant and baby drinking water in Chobe National Park. Date: 05/02/2009

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Botswana, Savute. Elephant reflection in Chobe National Park. Date: 05/02/2009

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Botswana, Okavango Delta. Elephant of the Okavango Delta. Date: 05/02/2009

Two young male African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) fighting over small pool of water in Dzanga-Sangha National Park, Central African Republic

Drone aerial view of group of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) searching for mineral salts in Dzanga-Sangha National Park, Central African Republic

Close up of a Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) hidden in foliage, Loango National Park, Gabon. December

Two juvenile Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) having fun bathing and playing in river, Pairi Daiza, Belgium. Captive

Female Asiatic Elephant having her feet trimmed by her keepers at London Zoo
3550628 Female Asiatic Elephant having her feet trimmed by her keepers at London Zoo, August 1926 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942)

A Burmese Elephant and her calf being taken for a walk by their keeper
3601564 A Burmese Elephant and her calf being taken for a walk by their keeper, while two other men look on (b/w photo) by Bond

Syed Ali training Indiarani in front of the Elephant House, London Zoo
3424919 Syed Ali training Indiarani in front of the Elephant House, London Zoo, October 1925 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942); Zoological Society of London; (add.info)

Young Pygmy African Elephant Oojah with splints fitted
3618629 Young Pygmy African Elephant Oojah with splints fitted, as part of her treatment for rickets, London Zoo, 1926 (b/w photo) by Bond

A young African Elephant and Pygmy African Elephant interact with a large group of
3618628 A young African Elephant and Pygmy African Elephant interact with a large group of children, through the railings of their paddock, London Zoo, 1926 (b/w photo) by Bond

Young male African Elephant Kiberenge standing in front of the Elephant House
3474491 Young male African Elephant Kiberenge standing in front of the Elephant House, London Zoo, June 1927 (b/w photo) by Bond

A keeper, Charles Eyles, with Suffa Culli ( the Black Rose ), 1914 (b / w photo)
1079596 A keeper, Charles Eyles, with Suffa Culli ( the Black Rose ), 1914 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942); Zoological Society of London; (add.info)

Newly arrived baby pygmy forest elephant Tiny, with her keepers Robertson
2627280 Newly arrived baby pygmy forest elephant Tiny, with her keepers Robertson, Stimpson and Milbourn at London Zoo, 1922 (b/w photo) by Bond

Keepers Jack Milbourne, H Robertson and Thomas train a young Asian Elephant, London Zoo
2634927 Keepers Jack Milbourne, H Robertson and Thomas train a young Asian Elephant, London Zoo, May 1922 (b/w photo) by Bond

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Elephantidae, the family of majestic creatures that includes the Indian elephant and African elephant, has captivated humans for centuries. In this captivating collection of images, we catch a glimpse into their world. In c. 1898, an Indian elephant stands proudly, its regal presence commanding attention. Its wrinkled skin tells stories of wisdom and resilience accumulated over generations. African elephants are showcased in various settings - crossing the Letaba River in Kruger National Park as the evening light bathes them in a golden glow. Their silhouettes against the backdrop create a mesmerizing sight. In Etosha National Park, Namibia, a line of Loxodonta africana marches forward with purposeful strides. These magnificent creatures move together as one unit, exemplifying strength in unity. The dry season brings challenges to these African elephants as they traverse vast plains searching for sustenance. Undeterred by adversity, they press on with determination etched upon their faces. As sunset paints Chobe National Park in hues of orange and pink, an African elephant stands tall amidst the breathtaking scenery. This image captures both power and tranquility simultaneously. Delving into history reveals fascinating remnants from ancient times - a drawing depicting a mammoth skeleton reminds us of our shared ancestry with these incredible beings. Homo heidelbergensis comes alive through artistry capturing moments when early humans interacted with Elephantidae species; it is awe-inspiring to witness our connection throughout time. Nature's wonders sometimes take unexpected turns - at Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa, an African elephant attempts to mate with another bull showcasing nature's complexity and diversity even among these gentle giants. George the elephant leaves his mark on history; captured here in 1935 is his undeniable charm that continues to captivate hearts worldwide till this day. Within Mammal and Whale Gallery lies evidence of Earth's rich biodiversity where Elephantidae holds its rightful place as a symbol of strength and grace.