Millangoda Raja (c. 1938 – 30 July 2011: Sinhala: මිල්ලන්ගොඩ රාජා), also known as Millangoda tusker, was a Sri Lankan elephant. Over 9 feet tall and with 7.5 foot (2.3 meters) long tusks, he was considered to be among the longest tusked captive Asian elephant during his …

2025年1月9日 · The big tuskers hearken back to the woolly mammoths of epochs past, seeming to come from another time. Through his award-winning wildlife photography and extensive database of Asian and African big tusked elephants, Dian is doing his part to bring attention to these incredible animals.

The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.

2022年6月13日 · Wildlife buffs mourn the death of Bhogeshwara, a 70-year-old elephant in Karnataka with arguably the longest tusks among Asian elephants. The majestic tusker was found dead near the Kabini...

2013年4月21日 · Large Indian elephant tusker roaming alone in Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.The Asian or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) is the only living species...

Welcome to our channel dedicated to the fascinating world of Asian elephants! Here, Explores the Behavior, Ecology, Conservation and routines of Domestic and Wild Elephants through a series...

The Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) is native to Sri Lanka and one of three recognised subspecies of the Asian elephant. It is the type subspecies of the Asian elephant and was first described by Carl Linnaeus under the binomial Elephas maximus in 1758. [1]

2023年3月24日 · We explored the degree to which Bangladeshi farmers perceive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) as agricultural pests, as related to the type of farming and other demographic profile of the...

2013年10月21日 · In Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), females do not have tusks. Among males, some have tusks and some don't (called makhnas). The number of makhnas vary between populations, from just five per...

2018年7月23日 · Whether revered as a god, used for labour, or roaming free in isolated pockets of wilderness, their closest cousin, the Asian elephant, possesses the same majestic characteristics: an awe-inspiring size and a set of massive to-the-ground tusks, each weighing up to 70 kilograms and growing up to three metres long.