Elephas maximus o le ituaiga ituaiga o elefane Asia, na muamua faʻamatalaina e Carl Linnaeus i lalo o le binomial Elephas maximus i le 1758. O le elefane elefane o Sri Lanka ua faʻatapulaʻaina nei i le vaega matutu i matu, sasaʻe ma sautesasaʻe o Sri Lanka. O elefane o loʻo i ai i le Udawewala National Park, Yala National Park, Lunugam Elephant National Park, Wilpattu National Park ma Minneriya National Park talu mai le 1986, ua lisiina e le IUCN o loʻo lamatia ona ua faʻaititia le aofaʻi e le itiiti ifo ma le 50% i le tolu augatupulaga ua tuanaʻi, faʻatatau i le 60 <unk> 75 tausaga. O le ituaiga o loʻo faʻamataʻuina muamua e le leiloa o nofoaga, faʻaleagaina ma le vaevaeina. O le elefane elefane o loʻo ola i fafo atu o Sri Lanka ona o le faʻateleina o feteʻenaʻiga ma le faʻateleina o nofoaga faʻaleaganuʻu.
Elephas maximus maximus