The Last Great Tuskers
Jun 07, 2018
2 minutes
Text and Photos George Dian Balan
Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Size: Up to 3.4m tall (males) or 2.9m tall (females)
Life Span: Up to 70 years
Location: India and 12 countries in Southeast Asia
Males typically grow tusks, while cows have small incisor teeth called tushes Woolly mammoths – the Ice Age giants that capture our imagination in movies and books – live on today in the rainforests of South Asia.
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