On shed molars of Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus)
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Sex, Age and Height Determination in Asiatic Elephant (Elephas Maximus): A Case Study
The Asian or Asiatic elephant [1] is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east [2]. They are the largest living land animals in Asia and are primarily threatened by degradation, fragmentation loss of habitat and poaching [1]. Female captive elephants live beyond 60 years when kept in semi-natural surroundings, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Oral Biology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0385-0137
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci1965.21.552