Numidotherium (SciiFii)

The Congo elephant (Numidotherium nanocephala), also known as the water elephant, is a species of primitive proboscidean that originally lived during the middle Eocene of North Africa some 46 million years ago as an extinct species, Numidotherium koholense, and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the modern rainforests and wetlands of Africa to help boost biodiversity. The Congo elephant is a very small elephant relative, growing only about 2.9-3.2 feet (90-100 centimeters) tall at the shoulder and weighing about 250-300 kg, about the size of a medium-sized tapir. The Congo elephant has the size and the appearance similar to a hairless tapir. In appearance, it is more slender and more plantigrade than an elephant. The Congo elephant is a browsing herbivore that primarily feeds on leaves, fruits and twig, although it can occasionally feed on aquatic vegetation to supplement its diet, being mostly terrestrial with an occasional habit of being amphibious. The Congo elephant can perceive sounds in the higher frequency range, in contrast to true elephants, which can also communicate in infrasound. The Congo elephant is a social animal that usually lives in herds consisting of up to around 15 individuals at a time. The conservation status of the Congo elephant is Near Threatened due to some habitat loss and historic poaching, however, thanks to the conservationists, the Congo elephant is a protected species.