Type: Mammal
Diet: Herbivore
Life expectancy: Up to 60 years
Size: 6.6-9.8 feet (at shoulder)
Weight: 2.25-5.50 tons
Group Name: Herd
Alongside its relatives the African elephants they are earth's largest land animal. The Asian elephant can be identified by there small rounded ears, which are used to radiate heat to cool themselves. They have trunks that they use for smelling, drinking, breathing, grabbing, and trumpeting. The trunk contains 100,000 different muscles and have a fingerlike feature to grab small items. Along with their trunks they have ivory tusks, used for digging up roots and trees, fighting and, stripping bark off trees. Asian elephants have a long term pregnancy lasting about 22 months and giving birth to calves weighing 200lbs and standing 3ft tall.
Diet: Herbivore
Life expectancy: Up to 60 years
Size: 6.6-9.8 feet (at shoulder)
Weight: 2.25-5.50 tons
Group Name: Herd
Alongside its relatives the African elephants they are earth's largest land animal. The Asian elephant can be identified by there small rounded ears, which are used to radiate heat to cool themselves. They have trunks that they use for smelling, drinking, breathing, grabbing, and trumpeting. The trunk contains 100,000 different muscles and have a fingerlike feature to grab small items. Along with their trunks they have ivory tusks, used for digging up roots and trees, fighting and, stripping bark off trees. Asian elephants have a long term pregnancy lasting about 22 months and giving birth to calves weighing 200lbs and standing 3ft tall.
Fingerlike structure used for grabbing small items.(above)
Ivory tusks. Many elephants are poached for the harvest and selling of them..
Asian elephant calf in relation to adult elephant.