Asian Elephants

["Hugo Phillipps" <>]

Chris -

Interesting stuff there - and with implications for elephant conservation 
and breeding programs.  I assume that the ones on their way to Taronga and 
Melbourne are of the smaller variety.

About 18 months ago I was in Sabah (N Borneo) and saw what people were 
calling Borneo Pygmy Elephants along the Kinabatangan River.  Once thought 
to be descended from elephants imported from mainland Asia, I beleive that 
they are now considered to be an endemic subspecies at least, maybe even a 
species.  They were very noticeably smaller than Asian elephants I have seen 
in zoos, not much more than about 2m in height, from memory.

If anybody has better information, I would be interested.

Cheers,
Hugo

Hugo Phillipps
Queenscliff, Vic