In my copy of the "Guinness Book Of Animal Facts And Feats" (By Gerald L Wood) 1976.
States,
The largest accurately measured African elephant on record was an enormous bull shot by J. J. Fenykoevi the Hungarian big game hunter in Angola in 1955, on it's side measured 4.01m or 13ft-2 inches. It state's he must have been over 12ft 6 inches in height at the shoulder in life.
The weight was estimated at 10,886 kg or 10.7 tonne/ 24000 pounds.
This animal went on display in the rotunda of the US National Museum in Washinton on the 6th march 1959
