Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3), pp. 147-197 : 151

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13930979

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF0B87EA-AE61-FFF7-9CD9-F8C5FBC502F2

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Plazi

scientific name

Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

1. Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Common name: Asian Elephant

Myanmar name:

Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. In Myanmar, recorded in the PAs and RF of Kachin, Kayin, Kayah, Mon, Shan and Rakhine States and Sagaing, Mandalay, Ayeyarwady, Bago, Yangon and Tanintharyi Regions.

Remarks: This species is an endangered and completely protected species of Myanmar.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Proboscidea

Family

Elephantidae

Genus

Elephas

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