CT anatomy of cervical vertebrae of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022 Background Elephants are currently the largest mammals on earth. A comprehensive examination of the anatomy of this animal to diagnose various disorders is required.
Omid Zehtabvar +6 more
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Heart rate patterns of captive Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in their natural habitat at Wild Elephant Valley, Xishuangbanna of China [PDF]
HeliyonThere are few studies on the changes of heart rate of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), one of the largest tropical terrestrial mammals, with its self-factors and external environment. By measuring the heart rate of 35 Asian elephants, ranging in age
Fangyi Zhou +7 more
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Molecular identification of Pseudodiscus collinsi from wild Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) based on ITS-2 [PDF]
HelminthologiaDomestic and wild animals can contract amphistomosis, a disease caused by digenetic trematodes belonging to the superfamily Paramphistomoidea. The importance of these flukes is underestimated worldwide due to their ubiquity and abundance among hosts ...
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Elephant trunk tip musculature reflects species differences in grasping behavior [PDF]
Communications BiologyElephants use their trunks, muscular hydrostats, to perform a plethora of tasks. Trunk tip morphology as well as grasping behavior differ between elephant species.
Lennart Eigen +6 more
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A Multi‐Factor Habitat Suitability Model for Asian Elephants in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Effects of Vegetation and Climate [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe habitat suitability of the endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is commonly assessed using climatic and topographic variables, whereas food‐plant resources are rarely incorporated explicitly into regional‐scale species distribution models ...
Churui Li +9 more
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Assessment of Elephant Dietary Biomass at the Adjoining Area of Kaeng Krachan Natural Park, Thailand
Applied Environmental Research, 2017 This study investigated the dietary diversity and biomass of the elephants (Elephas maximus) ranging in the area adjoining Kaeng Krachan Natural Park, Pa Deng Sub-district, Kaeng Krachan District, Petchaburi Province, Thailand.
Luechai Kroutnoi +3 more
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Book Review: Alexander Mossbrucker's Island Elephants: The Giants of Sumatra [PDF]
Gajah, 2023 Island Elephants: The Giants of Sumatra by Dr. Alexander Mossbrucker offers a rare insight into the critically endangered Sumatran elephant and the steps required to secure the future of the species in the wild.
Renner, Vicki
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Problem-elephant translocation: translocating the problem and the elephant? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Human-elephant conflict (HEC) threatens the survival of endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Translocating "problem-elephants" is an important HEC mitigation and elephant conservation strategy across elephant range, with hundreds translocated ...
Prithiviraj Fernando +3 more
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Shared Landscapes: Optimising Conservation Strategies Using Tiger and Elephant Sympatry in India
Diversity, 2022 Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and tigers (Panthera tigris) share the same landscape in India. Elephants, which range over 239,171 km2, occupy 45.5% of the 433,261 km2 habitat that tigers inhabit.
Vivek Menon +4 more
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Oryx, 2023 Many protected areas worldwide have been established to protect the last natural refuges of flagship animal species. However, long-established protected areas do not always match the current distributions of target species under changing environmental ...
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