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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

African Elephant
Article Evaluation
This is a very well-written article that provides objective information about African elephants. It touches on their physical characteristics, status in the environment, and cultural relevance. However, in the behavior and ecology section, it lacks information on how their body physiologically adapts to the environment. For instance, these savanna elephants can perform homeothermy, but it isn't explained or listed.
Sources
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30008137/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938407001709?via%3Dihub
https://science.umd.edu/classroom/bsci338m/Lectures/Homeothermy.html

African Bush Elephant
It appeared to me that this article lacked a bit of information. After viewing the talk page, I noticed that there was a lot of confusion within this article. The African bush elephant is the same as the African savannah elephant. However, there was a lot of conflicting information between these two Wikipedia articles. It appears as though they merged them. However, the article still needs a lot of work and has a very low rating on Wikipedia. Ultimately, this would be the best place to start.
https://www-nature-com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/articles/s41467-018-06257-3
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/African_elephants/natural_history_savannah_elephant.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938407001709?via%3Dihub
https://science.umd.edu/classroom/bsci338m/Lectures/Homeothermy.html

Elephants
This article appears to be very well written and provides a lot of general information about elephants. However, placing this information here would not be beneficial as different elephants have different adaptations to their habitat. Maybe there could be a hyperlink or suggestions to reference the different types of elephants
https://outforia.com/types-of-elephants/#:~:text=Elephas%20(Palaeoloxodon)%20falconeri%20(Maltese,(Asian%20straight%2Dtusked%20elephant)