{{Infraspeciesbox
| genus = Elephas
| species = maximus
| subspecies = indicus
| authority = (Cuvier), 1798
| status = EN
| status_system = iucn3.1
| status_ref =。雖然叫做印度象,但實際其分佈範圍還包括泰國等東南亞國家及中國。
特徵
它體型比非洲象要小,其肩部高度在之間,重量在之間。雌性通常小於雄性,有的雌性擁有較短的象牙。
分布地区
印度象主要分布于印度、泰国、中国等国家。
保护等级
自1986年以來,印度象就被国际自然保护联盟列为濒危物种。
參考文獻
擴展閲讀
- G. P. Sanderson (1907) Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India: their haunts and habits from personal observation : with an account of the modes of capturing and taming elephants. John Grant, Edinburgh. 8th edition in 2000 by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi. ISBN 81-206-1464-X. ISBN 978-81-206-1464-2
外部連接
- [http://panda.org/elephants/asian/indian WWF: Indian elephant]
- [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Elephas_maximus.html Animal Diversity Web: Elephas maximus Asiatic elephant]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070428041103/http://www.honoluluzoo.org/indian_elephant.htm Honolulu Zoo: Indian Elephant]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070304075643/http://web.mac.com/nadjagrimm/iWeb/JWDC/Elephants%20.html Paintings of Indian Elephants]
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