Description: The asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) weighs between 3000 and 5000 kg and has grey or brown skin. Their ears are smaller than those of the African Elephant and the in habit scrub forests and jungles.
Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Proboscidea
- Family: Elephantidae
- Genus: Elephas
- Species: Elephas maximus
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Habitat: India, Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Borneo. Former range included areas south of the Himalayas and China, north to the Yangtze River.
Diet: Vegetation such as bark, stems, roots, and leaves of trees and shrubs.
Status: Endangered.
References: The following references were used to create this profile:
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- Burnie, D. and D.E. Wilson. Animal. Dorling Kindersley. London. 2001.
- Elephas maximus. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology's Animal Diversity Web.
