Asian Elephants
- August 22, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Asian Elephants
Subject – Environment
Context – Sri Lanka elephants to get biometric ID cards.
Concept –
- There are three subspecies of Asian elephant which are the Indian, Sumatran and Sri Lankan.
- Global Population: Estimated 20,000 to 40,000.
- India is the natural home of the largest population of Asian elephants. It is also found in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar.
- There are around 28,000 elephants in India with around 25% of them in Karnataka.
- IUCN Red List Status:
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I.