African elephants have very big ears, which can be as long as 1.5 meters. Five hooves on the front foot, three hooves on the back foot, 2 1 pair of ribs, and as many as 26 coccygeal vertebrae. African elephants have a prominent forehead, a more inclined back, the highest shoulders and two finger-like protrusions on their noses. Both males and females have long ivory, but the females are much smaller. African elephants are 6-7.5m long,1-1.3m long, with a shoulder height of 3-4m and a weight of 5-7.5t..