🐘Asian elephant
פיל אסייתי (שם מדעי: Elephas maximus) הוא מין יחיד בסוג פיל ממשפחת הפיליים. בעבר היו מינים נוספים, שנכחדו. לפיל האסייתי כמה תת-מינים, ביניהם: פיל סומטרי, פיל בורנאי, פיל הודי ופיל סרי לנקי.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 3,220 kg
- Body length
- 4.16 m
- Shoulder height
- 2.55 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 80 years
Everything we know about the Asian elephant
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3,220 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 3,178 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length4.16 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Shoulder height2.55 maverageOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: both.
By sex
- Both2.55 mHandbook of the Mammals of the World Vol 2: Hoofed Mammals (Wilson & Mittermeier eds) 2011, Elephas maximus species account, pp. 78-79, Lynx Edicions, https://zenodo.org/records/6511104'average shoulder height (the back or head are typically the highest points) is 270 cm (maximum up to 340 cm)' in males and '240 cm' in females; mostly Indian animals, which run larger than those farther east. Low/high are the female and male AVERAGES; value is their midpoint. Cross-check: Shoshani & Eisenberg 1982, Mammalian Species 182 p. 1: 'Large bulls weigh 5,400 kg and are 3.20 m at the shoulder. Record height (Pillai, 1941) is 3.43 m... average height is 2.24 m' (females).
Brain mass4,951 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan80 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 80 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length22 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity11 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation1.8 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.8 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range38 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.3 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3,220 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Asian elephant yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderProboscidea
- ›familyElephantidae
- ›genusElephas
- ›speciesElephas maximus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderElephants · Proboscidea
- familyElephantidae
- genusElephas
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderElephants · Proboscidea
- familyElephantidae
- genusElephas
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