Complete the sentence about African elephant with the correct year: The first scientific description of the African elephant was written in ______ by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, who proposed the scientific name Elephas africanus.

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Correct answer: C. 1797

The first scientific description of the African elephant was written in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.

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