Indian elephant
The most widespread subspecies of Asian elephant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of four[citation needed] extant recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia.[3]
| Indian elephant Temporal range: Pleistocene – Recent[1] | |
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| Tusked male in Bandipur National Park | |
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| Female in Nagarhole National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Elephas |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. m. indicus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Elephas maximus indicus Cuvier, 1798 | |
| Synonyms | |
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E. m. bengalensis de Blainville, 1843 | |
Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List as the wild population has declined by at least 50% since the 1930s to 1940s, i.e. three elephant generations. The Asian elephant is threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation.[2]