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

AFRICAN AND ASIATIC ELEPHANTS

• In terms of weight, height, trunk-structures, nail-numbers, occurrence of musth related features , differences are seen in general between the African and Asiatic elephants.
• In India, the elephants are seen in western ghat regions that includes Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka in addition to Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Assam. Makhnas are also seen in elephant herds