Javan elephant
| Javan elephant | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Elephas |
| Species: | E. maximus |
| Subspecies: | E. m. sondaicus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Elephas maximus sondaicus Deraniyagala, 1953[1] | |
The Javan elephant (Elephas maximus sondaicus) was a critically endangered subspecies of the Asian elephant native to the island of Java with the last surviving members found on the island of Borneo after they were introduced there, saving the subspecies from extinction.[2] It is often considered a synonym of Elephas maximus sumatranus, the Sumatran elephant.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shoshani, J. (2005). "Order Proboscidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Nurfika Osman (11 June 2009), "Ancient Elephant Unearthed in Java", Jakarta Globe