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The elephant is the largest land mammal on earth, characterised by its long trunk, tusks, big, flat ears, column-like legs, and greyish to brown skin.[1] There are two main extant species of elephant as of the 20th century, one (Loxodonta africana) native to Africa, the other (Elephas maximus) native to south and south-east Asia.[1]
An elephant was one possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.[2][3]
History
Hedley Fleetwood had a Patronus that took the form of a woolly mammoth, an extinct species of elephant, a rare example of someone having an extinct animal as a Patronus.[3]
At an International Symposium of Animagi held circa 2016, students from Uagadou School of Magic, a school located in Uganda, transformed into their Animagus forms (which included elephants and cheetahs) in a synchronised demonstration.[4]
A painting of an elephant hung in the Grand Staircase at Hogwarts.[5]
In December 1995, Harry Potter witnessed wizards and witches at St Mungo's Hospital with elephant trunks.[6]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Appears as statue)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells (Appears as a Patronus)
- Wonderbook: Book of Potions (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only) (Appears as a Patronus)
- Wizarding World (Mentioned only) (Appears as a Patronus)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elephant" from Encyclopedia Britannica
- ↑ (see this image)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Uagadou" at Wizarding World
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (see this image)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 22 (St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries)
