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The Indian elephant is native to mainland Asia with nearly three-fourth of the population found in India. The species is also found in other countries of the Indian subcontinent including Nepal , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Myanmar and South East Asian countries including Thailand , Malaysia , Laos , Cambodia , and Vietnam with small populations in ...
A Tusker elephant at Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India Elephant with large tusk in Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India Distribution and habitat Asian elephants are distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia , from India in the west, to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north, to Sumatra in the south ...
Assam is India's most populous state with respect to Asiatic elephants (an estimated 5,500 out of a total of 10,000 wild Asiatic elephants in India live in Assam), [5] and Kaziranga contains as many as 1,206 elephants (from the 2005 census), up from 1048 individuals (in the 2002 census). [6]
The Asian elephant can be found from western India to eastern Borneo in Southeast Asia. A total of three recognized Asian elephant subspecies exist: the indicus, found across mainland Asia, the ...
Asiatic lion is an endangered species only found in Gir National Park of India. [5] The Indian wolf is an endangered subspecies of gray wolf. [6] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [7] [8] India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population [9] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population. [10]
Found primarily in the Congo Basin rainforest biome and ecoregions with remnant populations in the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex, Guinean Forests of West Africa and one or more islands in the southern Niger Delta. [2] Asian elephant: Elephas maximus: 50,000 [3] EN [3] [3] Extant in South Asia and Southeast Asia. [3] Indian elephant: Elephas maximus ...
Many key differences separate African elephant from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well.
[citation needed] It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1985 by UNESCO. [7] Manas Biosphere Reserve was declared in 1989. Kahitama R.F., Kokilabari R.F., and Panbari R.F. were added in the year 1990 to form Manas National Park. [6] In 1992, UNESCO declared it as a world heritage site in danger [7] due to heavy poaching and terrorist activities.