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Asian Elephants

Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus

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They communicate via rumbles, bellows, and moans. They also emit low-frequency infrasounds that can travel several kilometers.

Females and some males do not have tusks and thus poaching poses a lesser threat.

Elephants may spend up to 19 hrs/day feeding, consuming up to 150kg of food. They defecate about 16-18 times a day, producing about 100 kg of dung.

Isolated parts of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, South China, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia.

HABITAT

Grasslands, various forest types

GESTATION

22 months

DIET

Herbivore

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

1 - 7 animals

POPULATION IN THE WILD

WEIGHT

SIZE

LIFE SPAN

THREATS

Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation (due to expanding human population, leading to conflicts between humans and elephants, with hundreds of people and elephants killed annually), poaching for their meat and skin.