They're not extinct.

[Olaf The Great]

I heard somewhere on this forum(the EB part, I don't explore the rest.) that the Forest elephants, used by the Carthaginians, are extinct, aparently they are not.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/afri...t_elephant.htm

[Discoskull]

Awesome! I will do great things with this knowledge.

[QwertyMIDX]

It is believed that the particular species of elephants used by the Carthies are extinct, but that the modern forest elephant is a close relative. One of the major reasons for this hypothesis is that the elephant of Carthaginian fame was a native not of the vast forests of central and west Africa but of the Atlas Mountains, which are anything but dense with foliage.

[Olaf The Great]

It is believed that the particular species of elephants used by the Carthies are extinct, but that the modern forest elephant is a close relative. One of the major reasons for this hypothesis is that the elephant of Carthaginian fame was a native not of the vast forests of central and west Africa but of the Atlas Mountains, which are anything but dense with foliage.

What are the physical differences, were the Atlas mountains different then?

[iberus_generalis]

north africa, south europe, iberia, and the northern sahara had much more forgiving climates, and were a lot more green than they are today..the climate was a lot more humid, making the north of africa a at least morroco, and i guess the zone of carthage, a green garden enabling the appearance of civilization on what is today dry unforgiving land...thats what i heard...now i don't know if it's true or not...

[Tellos Athenaios]

One of the main reseasons for their (presumed) extinction was the fact that Romans loved them in their Games, to see them getting killed...
And since no one considered the possibility of not capturing them, but breeding them...