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Wild elephants in Munnar. Elephants found in Kerala, the Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus), are one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant.Since 1986, Asian elephants have been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be between 25,600 to 32,750 in the wild.
The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. [1] [2] [3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species. [4] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [5] [6]
An Indian elephant is a megaherbivore and can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day; Pictured are wild elephants foraging on open grasslands in Munnar, Kerala Elephant is classified as a megaherbivore and can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day. [ 20 ]
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Ostriches were also formerly native to India, but also became extinct during the Late Pleistocene. [9] [10] India is home to several well-known large animals, including the Indian elephant, [11] Indian rhinoceros, [12] and Gaur. [4] India is the only country where the big cats tiger and lion exist in the wild.
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 ...
An image of the elephant keeper in India riding his elephant from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825). Samponiet Reserve, Aceh Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand A young elephant and his mahout, Kerala, India. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. [1] Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use.
From South Asia, the use of elephants in warfare spread west to Persia [166] and east to Southeast Asia. [167] The Persians used them during the Achaemenid Empire (between the 6th and 4th centuries BC) [166] while Southeast Asian states first used war elephants possibly as early as the 5th century BC and continued to the 20th century. [167]