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{{Taxobox
| name = Asian elephant<ref name=MSW>{{MSW3 Proboscidea |id=11500004 |page=90}}</ref>
| status = EN
| status_system = iucn3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn/>
| image = Elephas maximus (Bandipur).jpg
| image_caption=A male Asian elephant in the wild at [[Bandipur National Park]] in India
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Proboscidea]]
| familia = [[Elephantidae]]
| genus = ''[[Elephas]]''
| species = '''''E. maximus'''''
| binomial = ''Elephas maximus''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| range_map = Asian Elephant area.png
| range_map_caption = Asian elephant range<br/>(brown — native, black — origin uncertain)
| fossil_range = Late [[Pliocene]] – recent<ref name=Haynes1993/>
}}

The '''Asian''' or '''Asiatic elephant''' (''Elephas maximus'') is the only living species of the genus ''[[Elephas]]'' and is distributed in [[Southeast Asia]] from [[India]] in the west to [[Borneo]] in the east. Three subspecies are recognized — ''[[Elephas maximus maximus]]'' from [[Sri Lanka]], the [[Indian elephant|Indian elephant or ''E. m. indicus'']] from mainland Asia, and ''[[Sumatran Elephant|E. m. sumatranus]]'' from the island of [[Sumatra]].<ref name=MSW/> Asian elephants are the largest living land animals in [[Asia]].<ref name="Shoshani82">{{cite journal |author=Shoshani, J, Eisenberg, J. F. |year=1982 |title=Elephas maximus |journal=Mammalian Species |volume=182 |pages=1–8 |url=http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-182-01-0001.pdf |jstor=3504045 |doi=10.2307/3504045}}</ref>


==See also==
*[[Khedda]]
*[[Ivory trade]]
*[[Endangered Species]]
*[[Mela shikar]]
*[[White elephant]]

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==References==
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==Further reading==
*Gilchrist, W. (1851) ''A Practical Treatise on the Treatment of the Diseases of the Elephant, Camel & Horned Cattle: with instructions for improving their efficiency; also, a description of the medicines used in the treatment of their diseases; and a general outline of their anatomy''. Calcutta: Military Orphan Press
*{{cite book| author=Miall, L. C., Greenwood, F. |year=1878 |title=Anatomy of the Indian Elephant |publisher= Macmillan and Co.| place= London| url=http://www.archive.org/details/anatomyofindiane00mial}}
*Barua, M., Tamuly, J. and Ahmed, R.A. (2010) [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxtYWFuYmFydWF8Z3g6MzY0YTEyN2M1NjFkYjFmZA ''Mutiny or Clear Sailing? Examining the Role of the Asian Elephant as a Flagship Species'']. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 15(2): 145-160.
*Barua, M. (2010) [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxtYWFuYmFydWF8Z3g6MzA5MTlkMjU2YjllMWVhMw ''Whose issue? Representations of human-elephant conflict in Indian and international media'']. Science Communication, 32(1): 55-75.

==External links==
{{commons category|Elephas maximus}}
{{wikispecies|Elephas maximus}}
*[http://www.saveelephant.org/ Save Elephant Foundation]
*[http://www.elephantconservation.org International Elephant Foundation]
*[http://www.elephantresearch.org/ Elephant Research International]
*[http://www.elefantasia.org ElefantAsia: ''Protecting the Asian elephant'']
*[http://www.asianelephant.net/ Asian Elephants at the Zoological Gardens of the World]
*[http://elephant.elehost.com/ Elephant Information Repository]
*[http://panda.org/elephants/asian WWF - Asian elephant species profile]
*[http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsianElephants/ National Zoo Facts on Asian Elephant and a Webcam of the Asian Elephant exhibit]
*[http://www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/elephant.html The Chaffee Zoo Asian Elephant Fact Sheet]
*[http://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/servlet/gov.doi.species_profile.servlets.SpeciesProfile?spcode=A059 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Species Profile]
*[http://www.eia-international.org/our-work/environmental-crime-and-governance/illegal-wildlife-trade/elephants Environmental Investigation Agency: ''Illegal Wildlife Trade'' : ''Elephants'']
*[http://plainofjars.net/elephant.htm Plain of Jars: ''The Asian Elephant'']

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