VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

PROBOSCIDEA

• There are two genera in the single family- Proboscidae and elephants come under the family elephantidae:
  • African elephant (Loxodonta Africana)
    • There are two sub-species in the African elephants :
    • Smaller forest elephant and the larger bush or savannah elephant
  • Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus)
    • There are four sub-species in the Asiatic elephants:
    • Indian, Ceylon, Sumatran and Malaysian.