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Over this range of habitat types elephants occur from sea level to over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). ... the Asian elephant population in India increased to an estimated ...
In 2020, the IUCN listed the Asian elephant as endangered due to the population declining by half over "the last three generations". [149] Asian elephants once ranged from Western to East Asia and south to Sumatra. [150] and Java. It is now extinct in these areas, [149] and the current range of Asian elephants is highly fragmented. [150]
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.
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, ... Now the population is fragmented across 15% of their original range. Travis, the newest Asian elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo ...
An elephant population census was conducted in Sabah between July 2007 and December 2008, counting dung piles along 216 line transects in five main elephant managed ranges, covering a total distance of 186.12 km (115.65 mi).
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Poaching of elephants for ivory is a serious threat in some parts of Asia. Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Government of India to protect elephant habitats and population. The Indian elephant is a cultural symbol throughout its range and appears in various religious traditions and mythologies.