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The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is a subspecies of the Asian elephant, native to Sri Lanka.It has been listed as an endangered species since 1986. This subspecies is smaller than the African elephant, but typically larger than the Asian elephant: it can grow to 2 to 3.5 meters in height and 4 to 6 metres in length.
The Sri Lankan subspecies designation is weakly supported by analysis of allozyme loci, [8] but not by analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences. [9] [10] [11] In July 2013, a dwarf Sri Lankan elephant was sighted in Udawalawe National Park. It was over 1.5 m (5 ft) tall but had shorter legs than usual and was the main aggressor in an ...
The other threat that elephants face is habitat loss, which is a particularly significant threat to Asian elephants. Human settlements and developing agricultural land are continually encroaching ...
Since 1990, the number of elephants in Sri Lanka dropped from nearly 12,000 to only 4,000 in 2010. This happened because the Sri Lankan government allowed the land which was designated for these elephants to become occupied by humans. In 2009, there were 50 human deaths and 228 deaths of the Sri Lankan elephants. These elephants were pushed ...
Millangoda Raja (c. 1938 – 30 July 2011: Sinhala: මිල්ලන්ගොඩ රාජා), also known as Millangoda tusker, was a Sri Lankan elephant.Over 9 feet tall and with 7.5 foot (2.3 meters) long tusks, he was considered to be among the longest tusked captive Asian elephant during his lifetime.
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A sickly elephant whose photos went viral in August after she was forced to walk in a Sri Lanka festival, despite her skeletal frame, died on Tuesday. Emaciated elephant forced to perform during ...
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.