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Genghis Khan

ජෙංගිස් ඛාන් செங்கிஸ் கான்

Genghis Khan
Sumudusoyza007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
A photo of a Sri Lankan Elephant — not this animal

Genghis Khan was a large Yala tusker. Wildlife photographer Lal Anthonis saw him in August 1987 and describes him as much older and bigger than Kublai Khan; the two were seen feeding together at Uraniya in March 1988. Naturalist Dr. H. I. E. Katugaha lists him with Thilak and Kublai Khan among the few large tuskers in Yala at the time he wrote.

Sources

  1. Kublai Khan – The end of a majestic trail — The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), 30 Aug 2009
  2. Sri Lanka Nature: Ruhunu National Park — Dr. H. I. E. Katugaha, Infolanka