Asian elephant is also included in Appendix I of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species). African forest elephants feed more heavily on fruits, seeds, leaves, bark, and branches. “Elephants are almost extinct in India. Check out our ten elephant-astic elephant facts!. OR. These adaptations are a direct result of evolution and include things like hibernation and migration. India's elephant population is teetering on the brink of extinction because of rampant poaching and brutal training methods, a leading animals rights activist who is also a federal government minister said. Diet. Diet of the Asian Elephant. There are three subspecies of Asian elephant – the Indian, Sumatran and Sri Lankan. The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of the three extant subspecies of Asian elephants and is endemic to the mainland Asia. The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) weighs about 5,500 kg and has a shoulder height of up to 3.5 metres. This game of cat and mouse can continue for a very long time before the actual mating does occur.

sponsor . Indian elephants may spend up to 19 hours a day feeding and they can produce about 220 pounds of dung per day while wandering over an area that can cover up to 125 square miles. All these are various adaptation techniques followed by the elephant. Some common food items include fruit, leaves, bark, grass, flowering plants, leaves, shrubs, and even small trees. The Asian elephant includes three subspecies: the Indian, or mainland (E. maximus indicus), the Sumatran (E. maximus sumatranus), and the Sri Lankan (E. maximus maximus). The animal is considerably smaller that African elephants. of vegetation daily. But hay is the mainstay of a captive elephant's diet. They appear to be opportunistic, as their consumption varies based on location and what is seasonally available16. Some common foods include grasses, palms, legumes, flowers, fruits, roots, bamboo, and more. Indian Elephant has a varied feeder diet, and go after grasses, bamboo, leaves, bark, shoots, creepers and palms. The courtship between a male and a female elephant is short lived. Indian elephants travel constantly, staying in one place for less than a few days. A similar diet is observed in African elephants. Most people find it extremely interesting that elephants are classified as having no natural enemies. Elephants are herbivores, and will eat a wide variety of vegetation. And on a daily basis, elephants eat much less than the maximum amounts mentioned above. One of the strange characteristics of elephants is that they digest only 40% of what they eat. The Baby Elephant Diet: A Modern Indian Guide to Eating Right is a simple and concise guide to healthy eating, customized to Indian conditions. Indian Elephants are terribly sociable animals and march from forest to forest, rarely staying in one for over some days. The Asian Elephant is a species of elephants distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.