Species Profile
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Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae

Listing Status:   

Lead Region:  Foreign (Region 10)
Date Listed: 1976-06-14 00:00:00.0

» Federal Register Documents

Most Recent Federal Register Documents (Showing 2 of 2 )
Date Citation Page Title
06/14/1976 41 FR 24062 24067 Endangered Status for 159 Taxa of Animals; 41 FR 24062 24067
09/26/1975 40 FR 44392 44333 CITES: Proposed Endangered Status for 216 Species on Convention Appendix I; 40 FR 44392 44333

» Recovery

Recovery Plan Information Search

No recovery information is available for the Asian elephant.

» Critical Habitat

No critical habitat rules have been published for the Asian elephant.

» Conservation Plans

No conservation plans have been created for Asian elephant

» Petitions

No petition findings have been published for the Asian elephant.

» Life History

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Last updated: August 24, 2009