NOUN | an Asian elephant | Asian elephants | |
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- In 1975, the Asian elephant was placed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which prevents international trade between member states of species that are threatened by trade.
- ... – 810) was an Asian elephant brought back to the Carolingian emperor Charlemagne by his diplomat Isaac the Jew.
- Hanno, an Asian elephant, came to Rome in 1514 with the Portuguese ambassador Tristão da Cunha and quickly became the Pope's favorite animal.
- Grafton Elliot Smith claimed that certain motifs present in the carvings on the Mayan stelae at Copán represented the Asian elephant, and wrote a book on the topic entitled "Elephants and Ethnologists" in 1924.
- The Asian elephant has only one and relies more on wrapping around a food item and squeezing it into its mouth.
- In July 1923 it was reported that an Asian elephant, named Julia, a part of the Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie, had swum across the river after she had broken loose and "launched herself from the ferry".
- Also in Binhu District is Wuxi Zoo and Taihu Lake Amusement Park, an AAAA national landmark with over a 1000 animals including Asian elephant, leopard, chimpanzee, giant panda and white rhinoceros and an ecology and science exhibition and recreation area.
- She was also a benefactress to the New York Zoological Society for which Astor the baby Asian elephant was named in her honor.
- This name refers to the lozenge-shaped enamel of the molar teeth, which differs significantly from the shape of the Asian elephant's molar enamel.
- They are the largest animal in Java and the second-largest animal in Indonesia after the Asian elephant.
- Today, Elephant Reserve is home to two subspecies of the Asian elephant in a [...] exhibit with a 60,000 gallon pool in the female yard.
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