Do elephants and mammoths both have tusks?

Columbian mammoths wielded tusks as long as 16 feet, while the record-length tusk for the African elephant, which grows bigger ones than its Asian cousin, was 11-feet, 7-inches long. In mammoths and African elephants, both sexes carry tusks. Among Asian elephants, only the bulls typically grow them. read more

Both males and females of the African elephant species (bush and forest) can grow tusks. Only the males of the Asian elephants can grow tusks, and then not always. Mammoths can’t be said to have anything as they are extinct. read more

Well technically all species of elephants do grow tusks, one key difference is the sex and species of the elephant. For African elephants both female and males do grow tusks. Asian elephants, on the other hand, only most males grow tusks. Not all male Asian elephants grow tusks, but just like a female Asian elephant grow tushes instead. read more

Columbian mammoths wielded tusks as long as 16 feet, while the record-length tusk for the African elephant, which grows bigger ones than its Asian cousin, was 11-feet, 7-inches long. In mammoths and African elephants, both sexes carry tusks. read more