Sex, Age and Height Determination in Asiatic Elephant (Elephas Maximus): A Case Study
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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: MOJ Anatomy & Physiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2471-139X
DOI: 10.15406/mojap.2016.02.00068