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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.
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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 Syrian or Western Asiatic elephant (sometimes given the subspecies designation Elephas maximus asurus) was the westernmost population of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), which went extinct in ancient times, with early human civilizations in the area utilizing the animals for their ivory, and possibly for warfare. [2]
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 ]
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 .
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