Baby elephant 3 of 4

Baby elephant 3 of 4

Asian elephant (Baby)

Amazingly, Asian elephants are more closely related to the extinct woolly mammoth than to the African elephant. The elephant’s tusks are elongated teeth (upper incisors) and tend to be smaller in Asian bull elephants than in the African. The four grinding teeth (molars) wear out and are replaced by new teeth from the back of the jaws; the elephant gets through six sets of teeth during its lifetime.

Where they live

India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia and Southern China
Habitat

Mountains and forest

What they eat

Vegetation, fruit, twigs, small branches, bark and roots

IUCN status

Endangered !

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