From Angola to D.C.

How big was the world's largest elephant? 

Josef J. Fenykovi tracked down and shot this male rogue African bush elephant by the Cuando River in Angola on November 13, 1955.  After shooting it, Fenykovi donated the elephant to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.  It is still on display in the center rotunda of the museum and it is still the largest known land animal ever hunted. 

Info about Fenykovi's Elephant: 

Height: From ground to withers, 13 feet 2 inches. 
Length: From trunk tip to tail tip in straight line, 27 feet 6 inches; Whole skin from trunk tip to tail tip, 33 feet 2 inches.
Feet Length: Front, 2 feet; rear, 2 feet 1 inch. 
Feet Circumference: Front, 5 feet 7 inches; rear 5 feet 2 inches.
Body Circumference: The widest point, 19 feet 8 inches.
Total Hide: weighs 2 tons

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