In Burroughs's works a number of elephants appear under the name of Tantor, most notably one particular bull elephant the ape man befriends in his youth in the first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes and in the 1999 Animated Walt Disney film he is a red African Forest Elephant and friends with the ape Terk.
In Burroughs's works, elephants are frequently depicted as Tantor, most notably a bull elephant that the ape man befriends in his youth in the first Tarzan novel and in the 1999 animated Walt Disney film, he is a red African Forest Elephant and friends with the ape Terk.