Asian elephant
Elephas maximus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Elephas maximus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Proboscidea
- Family
- Elephantidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Huge (over 4 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Asia
- Habitat
- Forest, Rainforest, Grassland
- Conservation status
- Endangered
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- One elephant at the Bronx Zoo recognised itself in a mirror in 2006, a rare ability in animals.
- People have tamed these elephants for work and war for several thousand years.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q133006 · All animals · All entries