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Also Known As Asiatic elephant • Elephas maximus

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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Young Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Copenhagen Zoo
Mysore, Karnataka, India: elephant in Kabani River
Sri Lanka: elephants
Asian elephant
elephant evolution
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Raman Sukumar
Indian ecologist

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