Asiatic Elephant

Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758

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Elephas maximus (Asiatic Elephant) is a species of mammal in the family Elephantidae. It is listed as endangered by IUCN. It is found in the Indo-Malayan Realm and the Palearctic. It is a browser.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/endangered
Definition: A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/IndoMalayan
Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/browsing
Definition: herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.

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EOL has data for 59 attributes, including:

habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- Definition: The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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deciduous forest
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000816
- Definition: a forest in which the majority of trees shed foliage simultaneously in response to seasonal change.
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last appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
- Definition: The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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0.0117 million years ago
motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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skeletal tissue composition
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000106
- Definition: The composition of a skeletal tissue.
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hydroxylapatite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
- Definition: A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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browser
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/browsing
- Definition: herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.
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Asiatic Elephant includes 5 children:

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