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The Asian elephant is the largest living land animal in Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as the population has declined by at least 50 per cent over the last three
Common name Binomial name/Trinomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image African bush elephant: Loxodonta africana: 352,000 [1]: EN [1] [1]The population has been reduced dramatically (african elephant populations in 18 countries declined by ~30%) since a mass ivory sell off by southern african countries in the early 2000's to present time.
Asian elephants once ranged from Western to East Asia and south to Sumatra. [149] and Java. It is now extinct in these areas, [148] and the current range of Asian elephants is highly fragmented. [149] The total population of Asian elephants is estimated to be around 40,000–50,000, although this may be a loose estimate.
There are three types of elephants: the African forest elephant, the Asian elephant, and the African savanna (or bush) elephant. Elephants in the African savanna are larger than those in the ...
The population of Asian elephants in the wild continues to decline, and they are classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List.. Today there are only ...
ElefantAsia is a nonprofit organisation protecting the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus. It operates in Laos , which it estimates to have only 1500 Asian elephants remaining, [ 1 ] 560 of these domesticated and working with their mahouts .
Thailand is considered home to approximately 15% of the 52,000 Asian elephants currently living ... is dedicated to providing care and assistance to Thailand’s captive elephant population, ...
1 State-wise data. 2 See also. 3 References. ... India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population [8] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population. [9] State-wise data