ESTMATING LTVE WEIGHTS OF EIJEPHANTS FROM HIND LEG WEIGHTS

Abstract

Summary A correlation between dissected hind leg weight and Uve weight is demon‐strated for 38 African elephants. Cal‐culated regressions are presented for adult males and for females and immature males. Considered as a per‐centage of Uve weight, hind leg weight varIes between 5.3 and 6.3% according to live weight, and can be used to predict live weight accurately.