subspecies of Asian elephant
三名法 Elephas maximus indicus(Cuvier), 1798 印度象(Elephas maximus indicus)是亞洲象的亞種之一,生活在亞洲大陸上。自1986年以來被IUCN列爲瀕危物种[1]。雖然叫做印度象,但實際其分佈範圍還包括泰國等東南亞國家及中國。[2] 目录 1 特徵 2 參考文獻 3 擴展閲讀 4 外部連接 特徵 它體型比非洲象要小[3],其肩部高度在2~3.5米(6.6~11.5英尺)之間,重量在2,000~5,000公斤(4,400~11,000英磅)之間。雌性通常小於雄性,有的雌性擁有較短的象牙[4]。 參考文獻 ^ 1.0 1.1 Elephas maximus. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. ^ Sukumar, R. (1993). The Asian Elephant: Ecology and Management Second edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43758-X ^ Shoshani, J., Eisenberg, J. F. (1982). Elephas maximus. Mammalian Species 182: 1–8. ^ Shoshani, J. (2006). Taxonomy, Classification, and Evolution of Elephants In: Fowler, M. E., Mikota, S. K. (eds.) Biology, medicine, and surgery of elephants. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0-8138-0676-3. pp. 3–14.
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The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three extant recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, native to mainland Asia. It has a convex back and the highest body point on its head, exhibits significant sexual dimorphism with a male reaching an average shoulder height of about 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in) and weighing 4,000 kg (8,800 lb). A female reaches an average shoulder height of about 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) and weighs 2,700 kg (6,000 lb). It has a broader skull with a concave forehead, two large laterally folded ears and a large trunk. It has smooth grey skin with four large legs and a long tail.
The Indian elephant is native to mainland Asia with nearly three-fourth of the population in India. It also occurs in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Southeast Asian countries including Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam with a small population in China. It inhabits grasslands, dry deciduous, moist deciduous, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests across the range. It is classified as a megaherbivore and consumes up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day. Its diet depends on the habitat and seasons and includes leaves and twigs of fresh foliage, thorn-bearing shoots, flowering plants, fruits and grass.
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