This is twice the weight of the modern African elephant "Loxodonta africana". Another possibility is that Ptolemy utilized the now extinct North African elephants ("Loxodonta africana pharaoensis"). In Botswana's Chobe National Park, lions also prey on African bush elephants ("Loxodonta africana"). Elephants "(Loxodonta africana)" are found in the forests along the southern escarpment. The African elephant ("Loxodonta africana") is the elephant species that inhabits southern Africa. Farther south, tribes would have had access to the African savanna elephant ("Loxodonta africana oxyotis"). The MoU protects only the West African populations of the African Elephant, "Loxodonta africana". Elephants ("Loxodonta africana") and leopards ("Panthera pardus") inhabit the grasslands, woodlands, and thickets.