Les éléphantes or les éléphants?

[karuli]

A female elephant is "une éléphante." A group of female elephants is "les éléphantes." A group of female and male elephants is "les éléphants" because mixed gender groups take the male spelling by default.

[SarangSheth]

shouldnt it be l'éléphants??

[fr224]

The L with the apostrophe is used when the word starts with a vowel, like a, e, i, o, u, or sometimes h or y, so you are technically correct. However, L' is overruled when the word is plural. Then, you always use les.

[Corupeco]

the words remain seperate when you use 'les.'

"les enfants"