Savannas
The African savanna elephant lives on the savannas of Africa that stretch over 65 percent of the continent. In the savannas they help the ecosystem by pushing over trees to access the roots and branches, which helps to maintain the grasslands. The African elephants use their trunks and tusks to dig for water, creating pools of water that other animals in the ecosystem need to survive. The Elephants eat fruit as well, which disperses seeds. They also eat shrubs and trees to help the grass grow, which allows many animals that blend into the natural surroundings. Elephants are part of the complex food web of the savanna. Without them this food web will be damaged, and might endanger other animals in the food web.
Forests
Their are also African forest elephants that are slightly smaller than the savanna elephants. The forests of Africa covers 22 percent of the continent. Many of these forests are broken and fragmented because of the growing human population. The forests provide energy, food, timber, and non-timber forest products for businesses and surrounding communities. In addition to being the habitat of the African forest elephant the forests are home to a large range of bio-diverse species, they also contain unique flora and abundant bird life. Because of deforestation in African forests, and poaching they might be extinct very soon.