Most of the elephants we saw were domesticated but we were told this young male was wild. Only males have tusks. These endangered elephants average smaller and have smaller ears than African Elephants. Three subspecies are usually recognized with those on the mainland assigned to E. m. indicus. A race on Sri Lanka lacks tusks and a race on Sumatra has larger ears and an extra set of ribs. Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.
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