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Sri Lankan Elephant

ශ්‍රී ලංකා අලියා இலங்கை யானை

Elephas maximus maximus

EndangeredEndemic subspecies

Sri Lankan Elephant
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Overview

The largest of the Asian elephant subspecies and the island’s biggest land animal. Only a small share of males carry tusks; most bulls are tuskless ‘aliyas’. Loss of forest has pushed elephants into farmland, and human–elephant conflict is one of the country’s most serious conservation problems.

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