Asian elephant

Summary

Asian elephant is a taxon^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Asian elephant's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Asian elephant is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Asian elephant's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status^[5].
• Asian elephant is classified within Elephas^[6].
• Asian elephant's scientific name is Elephas maximus^[7].
• Asian elephant is a type of elephant^[8].
• Asian elephant's Commons category is recorded as Elephas maximus^[9].
• Asian elephant's color is recorded as grey^[10].
• Asian elephant began on -2500000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Asian elephant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elephas maximus^[12].
• Asian elephant's Commons gallery is recorded as Elephas maximus^[13].
• Asian elephant's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Asian elephant's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'E. maximus'}^[15].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian elephant'}^[16].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'فبل هندي'}^[17].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Elefant asiàtic'}^[18].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'slon indický'}^[19].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Elefante Asiático'}^[20].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Eléphant d'Asie"}^[21].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Eléphant d'Inde"}^[22].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asian Elephant'}^[23].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indian Elephant'}^[24].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Asiatischer Elefant'}^[25].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Indischer Elefant'}^[26].
• Asian elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'słoń indyjski'}^[27].

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Classification

Asian elephant's scientific name is Elephas maximus^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Elephas^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[16], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'فبل هندي'}^[17], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Elefant asiàtic'}^[18], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'slon indický'}^[19], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Elefante Asiático'}^[20], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Eléphant d'Asie"}^[21].

Identifiers

Asian elephant's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43697^[28]. Asian elephant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9783^[29]. Asian elephant's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 997407^[30]. Asian elephant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219461^[31]. Asian elephant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584938^[32].

Why It Matters

Asian elephant has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]