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The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three extant recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant. [3] Carl Linnaeus proposed the scientific name Elephas maximus in 1758 for an elephant from Ceylon. [4] Elephas indicus was proposed by Georges Cuvier in 1798, who described an elephant from India. [5]
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is 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 scientific name Elephas was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 who described the genus and an elephant from Ceylon. [12] The genus is assigned to the proboscidean family Elephantidae and is made up of one living and seven extinct species: [13] Elephas maximus – Asian elephant [1] Elephas maximus indicus – Indian elephant
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.
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) Dhole (Cuon alpinus) Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena) Wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) Gaur (Bos gaurus) Chital (Axis axis) Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor)
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 ]
Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) Himalayan mole (Euroscaptor micrura) Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) Gaur (Bos gaurus) Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii) Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) Western hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)
The forests used to provide habitat for three prominent mammal species, the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), whose populations have recently dwindled and may have even become locally extinct, and the nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus). [1]