Asian Elephant Size
Size of Asian Elephant
| Weight | 2.7-4 t [Males weigh 4 t (4.4 short tons), females weigh 2.7 t (3.0 short tons)] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 2.4-2.8 m [Males rarely exceeds 2.75 m (9.0 ft) and females are 2.4 m (7.9 ft)] | ||
| Length | 5.5-6.5 m [Length of body and head including trunk is 5.5–6.5 m (18–21 ft) with the tail being 1.2–1.5 m (3.9–4.9 ft) long] | ||
| Lifespan | 70 yrs [Around 70 years] | ||
| Maximum speed | Top speed is 43 km/h (27 mph) | ||
The Asian Elephant is a member of the chordata, It is a mammal that raises the next generation with female breast milk. In taxonomy, its phylum is Chordata, the class is Mammalia, and it belongs to the order Proboscidea.
The Asian Elephant belonged to the family Elephantidae, mainly distributed in Asia. They like to live in rainforest and tropical woodland, and herd is their life style.Their skin type is leather, and their bodies have multiple colors, mainly brown, grey, black. it likes to eat grass the most. In addition, grass, fruit, roots are also foods that it often preys.Their main predators are human, tiger.
If we use one sentence to describe the Asian Elephant, it is "Domesticated for hundreds of years!".
