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In 2024, the Borneo elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years. It is pre-eminently threatened by loss , degradation and fragmentation of habitat.
There are currently around 415,000 African elephants in the world (African bush and African forest combined), but there are only approximately 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants left.
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.
Common name Binomial name/Trinomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image African bush elephant: Loxodonta africana: 352,000 [1]: EN [1] [1]The population has been reduced dramatically (african elephant populations in 18 countries declined by ~30%) since a mass ivory sell off by southern african countries in the early 2000's to present time.
The IUCN has classified the African savanna elephant as Endangered. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates there are only around 400,000 remaining in the wild. ... The WWF lists their population ...
35 elephants suddenly dropped dead in 2020, and no one could explain why, yet these new findings may just be the answer
The critically endangered Bornean orangutan The critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, a great ape endemic to Indonesia. The recently identified Tapanuli orangutan 45% of Indonesia is uninhabited and covered by tropical forests , however, a high population growth and industrialisation, has affected the existence of fauna in Indonesia.
There are approximately 415,000 African elephants left in the world. The World Wildlife Foundation said that, in 2016, experts estimated their population had fallen by 111,000 over the course of a ...