Description

The Asian elephant, also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east.

Newborn Asian elephant calves weigh about 91 kg (200 lb.). The newborn is helped to its feet by its mother and other females. Calves are able to stand on their own within minutes of birth.