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The elephant is the state animal of Kerala and is featured on the emblem of the Government of Kerala, and previously on the coat of arms of Travancore. The elephant is also on the flag of the Kingdom of Laos with three elephants visible, supporting an umbrella (another symbol of royal power) until it became a republic in 1975. Other Southeast ...
209–231 cm (6 ft 10 in – 7 ft 7 in) (shoulder height), 1.7–2.3 t (1.9–2.5 short tons) (weight). [14] Similar to the bush species, but with smaller and more rounded ears and thinner and straighter tusks. [31] [32] West and Central Africa; equatorial forests, but occasionally gallery forests and forest/grassland ecotones. [32]
The carving is 15.5 centimetres (6.1 in) tall and 8.9 centimetres (3.5 in) in diameter. [2] It is carved in the round, i.e., intended to be viewed from all angles. It depicts an oversized royal rider in a howdah atop an elephant. The howdah is surrounded by eight infantrymen. The horse is surrounded by five cavalrymen. [6] The elephant depicted ...
The Elephants Artist Salvador Dalí Year 1948 Medium Oil on canvas Movement Surrealism Dimensions 49 cm × 60 cm (19 in × 24 in) Location Private collection The Elephants is a 1948 painting by the Catalan surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Background The elephant is a recurring theme in the works of Dalí, first appearing in his 1944 work Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a ...
Blind men and an elephant; C. Cultural depictions of elephants; H. Hathi; Heffalump; Horton the Elephant; K. ... This page was last edited on 28 October 2024, at 03: ...
The earliest members of the modern genera of Elephantidae appeared during the latest Miocene–early Pliocene around 5 million years ago. The elephantid genera Elephas (which includes the living Asian elephant) and Mammuthus (mammoths) migrated out of Africa during the late Pliocene, around 3.6 to 3.2 million years ago. [17]
E. Elephant Bill; Elephant communication; Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus; Elephant cognition; ... This page was last edited on 11 April 2024, at 00:59 (UTC).
Elephas is a genus of elephants and one of two surviving genera in the family Elephantidae, comprising one extant species, the Asian elephant (E. maximus). [1] Several extinct species have been identified as belonging to the genus, extending back to the Pliocene or possibly the late Miocene .