African bush elephant migration route
12 African bush elephant tracks from animals tagged in Kruger area, South Africa (from 2007). Pick one and press play to draw its route day by day.
- Scientific name
- Loxodonta africana
- Tagged in
- Kruger area, South Africa (from 2007)
- Years recorded
- 2007 to 2009
- Animals on this page
- 12 (of 14 in the dataset, longest records first)
Drawing the map.
Records by animal
| Animal | Recorded | Days | Distance | Longest day | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM110 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-12 | 723 | 2,637 km | 17 km | 2: South Africa, Mozambique |
| AM239 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-12 | 723 | 2,216 km | 17 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM93 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-12 | 721 | 2,384 km | 17 km | 2: South Africa, Mozambique |
| AM99 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-12 | 720 | 2,460 km | 16 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM254 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-12 | 718 | 1,957 km | 16 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM91 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-12 | 715 | 2,326 km | 16 km | 2: South Africa, Mozambique |
| AM105 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-08-12 | 714 | 2,843 km | 21 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM108 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2009-03-04 | 540 | 1,855 km | 26 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM307 | 2008-03-03 ~ 2009-08-12 | 450 | 1,330 km | 18 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM253 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2008-12-10 | 439 | 1,227 km | 19 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM308 | 2008-03-11 ~ 2009-08-11 | 414 | 1,119 km | 14 km | 1: South Africa |
| AM255 | 2007-08-13 ~ 2008-10-22 | 406 | 1,204 km | 15 km | 1: South Africa |
Distance adds up straight lines between one point per day. The real path was longer.
Countries are counted only where a daily point falls inside a border. Points at sea are not counted.
Red List status
We only show a status after a person has checked it on the IUCN site. Not checked yet.
Where this record comes from
Citation (as given)
Slotow R, Thaker M, Vanak AT. 2019. Data from: Fine-scale tracking of ambient temperature and movement reveals shuttling behavior of elephants to water. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.403h24q5
License: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
Original data (DOI): doi:10.5441/001/1.403h24q5
We reduced the original data to one point per day and removed points that jump away from the days around them.