Adult male Asian elephants have a shoulder height of about 2.4-3. 1 m and a weight of about 2.7-5 tons. The female elephant is a little smaller. Compared with African elephants, Asian elephants have smaller bodies, smaller ears and flat foreheads.

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..