savanna

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Set in the Llanos de Moxos, a vast network of savannas, gallery forests, and floodplains that make up the largest wetland system in the Amazon basin, this area has inspired curiosity for centuries.

From Science Daily

The African savanna elephant, with 4,199 genes devoted to smell, has the most of any animal.

From Scientific American

Zoonomia demonstrated how some mammals have a very keen sense of smell - Hoffman's two-toed sloth, the nine-banded armadillo and the African savanna elephant - while others have almost none - whales and dolphins.

From Reuters

When the Zoonomia team tallied the number of these genes in each species, the African savanna elephant took the top spot, with 4,199.

From New York Times

The report also found old and mature stands in other open forest types, such as oak woodlands of the Southwest and longleaf pine savannas of the southeast.

From Science Magazine