Indian elephant

English

An Indian elephant

Noun

Indian elephant (plural Indian elephants)

1. A subspecies of the Asian elephant, Elephas maximus indicus, distributed across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Laos, southern China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and formerly Pakistan.
   • 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 22:

     The Indian Elephant is endemic to the region of interest, using both the Ganges and the Mekong Rivers as resources for water and bathing.

Translations

Elephas maximus

• Finnish: intiannorsu
• Romanian: elefant indian m, elefant asiatic m
• Russian: инди́йский слон m (indíjskij slon)

References

• Indian elephant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Elephas maximus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Elephas maximus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons