Speciation of the African Forest elephant A scenario to use for the steps of speciation

Separation A tree cutting service cut down a section of the forest that a group of African Forest Elephants were living in. This forced them to be split into two groups. One of the groups lived in a dense plot of forest not close to any city or town. The other was forced to move to a plot of forest not far away from town that was known for there hunting.

Adaption The group that lived near the hunting town started to get hunted and their population slowly fell to an all-time low. The elephants tusks became genetically enhanced so that the hunters couldn’t get their ivory.

Division As a result of the adaptation, there are two different species of elephants. One with genetically enhanced tusks and one without.