Sumatran Elephant

Sumatran Elephant

Taxobox
name = Sumatran Elephant


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Proboscidea
familia = Elephantidae
genus = "Elephas"
species = "E. maximus"
subspecies = "E. m. sumatrensis"
trinomial = "Elephas maximus sumatrensis"
trinomial_authority = Temminck, 1847

The Sumatran Elephant ("Elephas maximus sumatrensis") is a subspecies of the Asian Elephant. As the name suggests, the elephant is only found in Sumatra. The Sumatran Elephant is smaller than the Indian subspecies and is extremely endangered. A population survey conducted in 2000 estimated that only 2000 – 2700 wild elephants remain.Fact|date=February 2007 65% of Sumatran Elephant deaths are because of human persecution.Fact|date=February 2007 30% of this human persecution is through poisoning because of fear of the animal.Fact|date=February 2007 83% of the Sumatran Elephant's former habitat has now been turned into plantations; this means that the elephant has to learn to adapt to new habitats if it is to live.Fact|date=February 2007

References

* Shoshani J, Eisenberg JF (1982) Elephas maximus. Mammalian Species 182: 1–8. [http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-182-01-0001.pdf Full text]


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