This elephant is known as Elephas maximus indicus. This type of elephant is considered to be one of the three subspecies of Asian elephant. Hunting, loss of habitat, deforestation, deforestation, persecution by humans and road and rail accidents endanger the live life of the Indian elephant.
This type of elephant is smaller than African elephants. The Indian elephant has the highest body part on its head and has a finger-like process at the top of its trunk. The back of the Indian elephant is convex.
Indian elephant shoulder height reaches 2 to 3.5 meters. Indian elephants weigh 4,000 to 5,000 kg. The Indian elephant has 19 pairs of ribs. The skin of this type of elephant is lighter than that of the Sri Lankan elephant but darker than that of the Sumatra subspecies.
The female species of Indian elephant is shorter than the male and lacks a tusk completely or is a short tusk. The Indian elephant is found living in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Laos, China, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Kingdom : Animalia
Family : Elephantidae
Subspecies : E. m. indicus
Species : E. maximus
Order : Proboscidea
Genus : Elephas