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  1. Sri Lankan elephant
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    Sri Lankan elephant - Wikipedia

    • The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is native to Sri Lanka and one of three recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant. It is the type subspecies of the Asian elephant and was first described by Carl Linnaeus under the binomial Elephas maximus in 1758. The Sri Lankan elephant population is now largely restricted to the dry zone in the north… See more

    Characteristics

    In general, Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants and have the highest body point on the head. … See more

    Distribution and habitat

    Sri Lankan elephants are restricted mostly to the lowlands in the dry zone where they are still fairly widespread in north, south, east, north-western, north-central and south-eastern Sri Lanka. A small remnant population … See more

    DomainEukaryota
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    ClassMammalia
    Ecology and behaviour

    Elephants are classified as megaherbivores and consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day. As generalists, they feed on a wide variety of food plants. In Sri Lanka's northwestern region, feeding behaviour of elephants … See more

    Threats

    During the Sri Lankan Civil War, Sri Lankan elephants were maimed or killed by land mines. Between 1990 and 1994, a total of 261 wild elephants died either as a result of gunshot injuries, or were killed by poachers and land mi… See more

    Conservation

    Elephas maximus is listed on CITES Appendix I.
    The elephant conservation strategy of the Department of Wildlife Conservation aims at conserving as many viable populations as possibl… See more

    Culture and symbolism

    Elephants were a common element in Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils heraldry for over two thousand years and remained so through British colonial rule. The coat of arms and the flag of Ceylon Government from 1875 t… See more

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