My question is two fold:
What kind of elephants did the Carthaginians and Hannibal use, North African or Asian? (I am assuming North African, but I am seeing there is some disagreement on this, but I am not sure what the consensus is).
Did Hannibal have the elephants shipped to him specifically for the invasion of Italy, or did he already have a supply of them in Iberia that he had been using? (this is the question I am more interested in, btw)
Hannibal's elephants were of African origin, but they weren't the gigantic African Bush Elephants most are familiar with from many modern nature documentaries. They were Forest Elephants, which are smaller and more docile than Bush elephants.