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Elephas maximus borneensis. Deraniyagala, 1950. The former and recent range map of Bornean elephant. The Borneo elephant, also called the Bornean elephant or the Borneo pygmy elephant, is a subspecies of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) that inhabits northeastern Borneo, in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its origin remains the subject of debate.
Elephas maximus sumatranus – Sumatran elephant; Elephas maximus borneensis – Borneo elephant, proposed but not yet recognized as valid [14] The following Asian elephants were proposed as extinct subspecies, but are now considered synonymous with the Indian elephant: [1] Elephas maximus sondaicus – Javan elephant †
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.
Borneo elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus)
Four of these were megachiropterans, Pteropus vampyrus, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, Rousettus sp and Eonycteris spelaea, all of which remain extant species in Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. The provisional list of mammals of Borneo (sensu Lord Medway, Payne et al., Corbet and Hill, Koopman, and Wilson and Reeder) are listed below.
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) The Asian elephant also known as the Asiatic elephant is the second largest elephant species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. [11] Its back is convex and its ears are relatively small compared to African elephants. The trunk has one finger-like processing and contains over 60,000 muscles and ...
Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths. These are large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks. Most genera and species in the family are extinct. Only two genera, Loxodonta (African elephants) and Elephas (Asian elephants), are ...
Proboscidea (/ ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə /; from Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. [ 1 ]