Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Indian Elephant. Elephas maximus. The Indian elephant is the largest animal in Asia. It is the only one of the two living species of elephants which can be tamed and become
www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/zoo/elephind.htm

symbol
The Symbolism of Elephants in Indian Culture The elephant has enjoyed the charismatic status in South Asia from the earliest times, and its representations in stone and painting
www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring99/Karmegam/symbol.html

ADW: Elephas maximus: Information
Parts of India and Southeast Asia, including Sumatra and Borneo. Asian elephants were formerly widely distributed south of the Himalayas, throughout Southeast Asia, and in China
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Elephas_maximus.html

Mammoth Genome Project PSU
Along with their living relatives, the African and Indian elephant species, mammoths originated in Africa millions of years ago.
rw.mammoth.psu.edu

Introduction to the Proboscidea
There are only two species of Proboscidea alive today: the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) and the African elephant (Loxodonta africana). In the past, however, a diversity of
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/mesaxonia/proboscidea.html

www.science.smith.edu
The venom of a King Cobra is so deadly it can kill a full grown Indian Elephant in 3 hours. The adults can grow to be 18 feet in length. Gaboon Viper
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-182-01-0001.pdf

African Snakes
The venom of a King Cobra is so deadly it can kill a full grown Indian Elephant in 3 hours. The adults can grow to be 18 feet in length. Gaboon Viper
www.uoregon.edu/~astanton/snakes/africansnakes.htm

TED Case Studies:Legal Elephant Ivory Trade
Diversity: There are two main types of elephants, they are the African elephant and the Indian elephant. This case involves the African elephant.
www.american.edu/TED/ivory.htm

Elephant—An Online Encyclopedia Entry
Elephant—An Online Encyclopedia Entry. Either of two species, Elephas maximus (the Indian elephant), and Loxodonta africana (the African elephant), of the family Elephantidae
www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/elephant/Britanic.htm

Georges Cuvier
The picture at left, from his paper of 1798, clearly shows the differences between the lower jaw of a fossil mammoth (top) and of a living Indian elephant (bottom) (click on the
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/cuvier.html