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Asiatic elephant
Elephas maximus
30.106, 78.3017
Field Notes
Description:
Asiatic elephant is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. E. maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years. The species is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. (Ref. Wikipedia)
Habitat:
Raja Ji national park, Uttarakhand.
Notes:
A herd of wild elephants grazing at Raja Ji national park. We were not allowed to stop by for long as the elephants have killed many people in the past in this area.
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