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Articles related to the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), a species of elephant 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. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
The Asian elephant became a siege engine, a mount in war, a status symbol, a beast of burden, and an elevated platform for hunting during historical times in South Asia. [137] Ganesha on his vahana mūṣaka the rat, c. 1820. Asian elephants have been captured from the wild and tamed for use by humans.
The elephant was cited for exhibiting "extremely devout behaviour". [clarification needed] Heiyantuduwa Raja, carried the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha from 1989 to 2000. Lizzie, who, from 1916 to 1918, worked hauling goods in Sheffield in England. Millangoda Raja, believed to be the longest-tusked Asian elephant during his lifetime.
The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is native to Sri Lanka and one of three recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant. It is the type subspecies of the Asian elephant and was first described by Carl Linnaeus under the binomial Elephas maximus in 1758. [ 1 ]
Burma arrived at Monarto Safari Park in November 2024. [3] She was given a police escort from Adelaide Airport to the park [14] and was kept in quarantine for a month. [15] She is the first of five elephants that will be housed in a 12-hectare site at the park, and was the first elephant to live in South Australia for 30 years. [3]
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 .
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 .
Elephas hysudricus is an extinct elephant species known from the Pleistocene of Asia. [1] It is thought to be ancestral to the living Asian elephant, from which it is distinguished by the molar teeth having a lower crown height and a lower lamellae number.