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Understanding mammal avoidance of human settlements
Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 8, Page 1504-1517, August 2026.Terrestrial mammals often avoid human settlements, but is this a result of human activity around buildings or the built infrastructure per se? Using data on animal movement before and during the COVID‐19 lockdowns, this paper disentangles these effects, showing how changes in human mobility affect animals' avoidance of buildings. Abstract Anthropogenic
Jonathan R. Potts +75 more
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Tetanus in an elephant (Elephas maximus)
Zoologica : scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 1942 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Elephant trunk tip musculature reflects species differences in grasping behavior
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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Exploring legal‐ and health‐risk messaging to reduce demand for elephant skin
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are poached for an illegal trade in their skins, which are used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia. We explored whether messages about the legal and health risks of using elephant skin for medicinal purposes (stomach illness) could reduce such consumption.
Beilu Duan +10 more
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Jurnal Veteriner, 2010 The aim of this research was to determine the lead concentration in blood and hematological profilesof Sumatran elephants. Eight out of 57 captivated Sumatran elephants in Sebanga Elephant TrainingCenter (ETC) Riau were examined for the lead ...
Hamdani Budiman, Al Azhar, Irwandi Yusuf
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives The grandmother hypothesis proposes that ancestral women ceased reproduction midlife to instead provision their grandchildren. An alternative “two‐sex” account proposes that the high energetic burden of caring for slow‐developing offspring was met with biparental investment.
Edward H. Hagen
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 The lives of Asiatic Elephants in the Patharia Hills Reserve Forest of Barak Valley, Assam are at risk. Due to serious anthropogenic pressures, human-elephant interactions have increased tremendously during recent decades.
Nazimur Rahman Talukdar +2 more
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The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 7, Page 1713-1748, July 2026.Abstract A subadult Moschognathus whaitsi from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was scanned using synchrotron radiation X‐ray computed tomography (SRXCT). Its subadult state allowed the cranial bones and teeth to be identified and individually reconstructed in 3D.
Tristen Lafferty +3 more
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, 1993 Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:33. TYPE LOCALITY: "Zeylonae" [Sri Lanka]. DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Burma, China, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.
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Preferensi Hijauan Pakan Gajah Sumatera (Elephas maximus sumatranus): Studi Kasus di Kawasan Seblat
Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu-Ilmu Peternakan, 2008 The research has purposed were to know forages of the gajah Sumatera (Elephas maximus sumatranus) preference. Data primer was calculated with direct method in field with vegetation analysis. The result showed
Hutwan Syarifuddin
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