The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is one of only three living species of elephants or elephantids anywhere in the world, the others being the African bush elephant and African forest elephant. The Asian elephant is the largest living land animal...
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is one of two living African elephant species. It is the largest living terrestrial animal and is distributed across 37 African countries. Since 2021, it has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red...
The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three extant recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant. Since 1986, it has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild population has declined by at least 50% since the 1930s...
The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of the two living African elephant species. It is the smallest of the three living elephant species. The first scientific description of the species was published in 1900. During the 20th...
The Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant. In 2011, IUCN upgraded the conservation status of the Sumatran elephant from endangered to critically endangered in its Red List as the...
The smallest elephant in Asia, the Borneo elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis), or otherwise known as the Pygmy elephant is a rather charming and adorable creature. Compared to other Asian elephants, Borneo elephants are more gentle-natured...
The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is one of three recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant. Its population is now largely restricted to the dry zone in the north, east and southeast of Sri Lanka. In the past, Sri Lankan elephants...
The North African elephant (Loxodonta africana pharaohensis ) is an extinct possible subspecies of the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana ), or possibly a separate elephant species, that existed in North Africa, north of the Sahara, until it...
The Syrian elephant or Western Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus asurus ) was the westernmost population of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus ), which became extinct in ancient times. Skeletal remains of E. m. asurus have been recorded from the...
Elephas celebensis or the Sulawesi dwarf elephant is an extinct species of elephant.
Loxodonta exoptata is an extinct species of elephant in the genus Loxodonta, from Africa. A 2009 study suggested that Loxodonta exoptata gave rise to L. atlantica, which gave rise to L. africana. The molars of L. exoptata are distinguished from...
Elephas hysudrindicus, commonly known as Gajah Blora (Blora Elephant) in Indonesia is a species of extinct elephant of the Pleistocene of Java and is anatomically distinct from the extant Asian elephant (E. maximus ).The head of the Bandung...
Elephas hysudricus is an extinct elephant species and was described from fossil remains found in the Siwalik hills. It lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.
Elephas beyeri is an extinct species of dwarf elephant belonging to the Elephantidae family of the Middle Pleistocene. It was named after the anthropologist H. Otley Beyer. The type specimen was discovered on Cabarruyan Island in The Philippines but...
Elephas iolensis is an extinct species of large herbivorous mammal belonging to the Elephantidae family. The type specimen is located in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The species is thought to have lived in the African Savannah...
Elephas ekorensis is an extinct species of large herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Elephantidae. Fossils have been found in East Africa dating as far back as the Early Pliocene age, between 5.3 and 3.6 million years ago. It is the earliest...
