Asian elephant  (Elephas maximus)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Proboscidea
Family Elephantidae
Genus Elephas (1)
Size Head-body length: 5.5 - 6.4 m (2)
Shoulder height: 2.5 - 3 m (2)
Male weight: 5.4 tonnes (2)
Female weight: 2.7 tonnes (2)

Status

Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1), and listed on Appendix I of CITES (8).