Editing Elephant (section)

===Sex characteristics===
{{anchor|Sex organs}}{{multiple image|image1=Penis asiatischer Elefant.JPG|image2=Vulve d'éléphante.jpg|perrow=2|total_width=220px|footer=Asian elephant penis and vulva}}A male elephant's testes, like other [[Afrotheria]],<ref name="Sharma Lehmann Stuckas Funke ">{{cite journal | last1=Sharma | first1=Virag | last2=Lehmann | first2=Thomas | last3=Stuckas | first3=Heiko | last4=Funke | first4=Liane | last5=Hiller | first5=Michael | title=Loss of RXFP2 and INSL3 genes in Afrotheria shows that testicular descent is the ancestral condition in placental mammals | journal=PLOS Biology |  volume=16 | issue=6 | date=2018 | issn=1545-7885 | doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.2005293 | page=e2005293 | pmid=29953435 | pmc=6023123 | doi-access=free }}</ref> are internally located near the kidneys.<ref>{{cite journal | author1 = Short, R. V. | author2 = Mann, T. | author3 = Hay, Mary F. | year = 1967 | title = Male reproductive organs of the African elephant, Loxodonta africana | url = http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/13/3/517.full.pdf | journal = Journal of Reproduction and Fertility | volume = 13 | issue = 3 | pages = 517–536 | doi = 10.1530/jrf.0.0130517 | pmid = 6029179 | doi-access = free | access-date = 10 July 2017 | archive-date = 20 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180720144623/http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/13/3/517.full.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> The [[penis]] can be as long as {{convert|100|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} with a {{convert|16|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} wide base. It curves to an 'S' when fully erect and has an [[External urethral orifice (male)|orifice]] shaped like a Y. The female's [[clitoris]] may be {{convert|40|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}. The [[vulva]] is found lower than in other herbivores, between the hind legs instead of under the tail. Determining pregnancy status can be difficult due to the animal's large belly. The female's [[mammary gland]]s occupy the space between the front legs, which puts the suckling calf within reach of the female's trunk.<ref name=Shoshani78 /> Elephants have a unique organ, the [[Temporin|temporal gland]], located on both sides of the head. This organ is associated with sexual behaviour, and males secrete a fluid from it when in [[musth]].<ref>Shoshani, p. 80.</ref> Females have also been observed with these secretions.<ref name=Sukumar149>Sukumar, p. 149.</ref>