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Description: The Borneo Pygmy Elephants eventually broke up and fanned out all over their enclosure. Yes, there are noticeably smaller than their Asian elephant cousins, of the type I've seen in India, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The one in the immediate foreground is rather small, and is a female. It has become commonplace to refer to Borneo elephants as a ‘pygmy’ subspecies. I was surprised to read on Wikipedia however that adult elephants of Sabah of both sexes are similar in height to their counterparts in Peninsular Malaysia. Five measurements of the skull of a fully adult female elephant from Gomantong Forest Reserve were slightly smaller (72 – 90%) than comparable dimensions averaged for two Sumatran skulls. (Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, Nov. 2013). Date: 1 November 2013, 00:00. Source: Borneo Pygmy Elephants. Author: shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates.

Description: Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, MALAYSIA. Date: 22 September 2012, 10:55. Source: Pygmy Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis). Author: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. Camera location5° 33′ 05.06″ N, 118° 19′ 26.24″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 5.551405; 118.323955.

Description: Azərbaycanca: borneo filinin şəkli. Date: 20 May 2019. Source: Own work. Author: Sinayi seid 2005.

Description: This fellow was standing still for a very long time, right in my line of view, though at the far side of the enclosure. I was wondering if he wasn't a tad disproportionate: I mean a large torso compared to the size of his legs? The range of wild elephants in Sabah and Kalimantan seems to have expanded very little in the past 100 years despite access to suitable habitat elsewhere on Borneo. Borneo’s soil tends to be young, leached and infertile, and there is speculation that the distribution of wild elephants on the island may be limited by the occurrence of natural mineral sources. (Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, Nov. 2013). Date: 1 November 2013, 00:00. Source: Rather small and disproportionate. Author: shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates.

Description: The female Borneo Pygmy Elephants appear to be even smaller than the males, as this one would indicate. Once believed to be remnants of a domesticated herd given to the Sultan of Sulu in the 17th century, pygmy elephants were determined by WWF to be genetically different from other Asian elephants. DNA evidence proved these elephants were isolated about 300,000 years ago from their cousins on mainland Asia and Sumatra. Over time, they became smaller with relatively larger ears, longer tails and straighter tusks. Today, the pygmy elephants of Borneo are the smallest elephants in Asia. (Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, Nov. 2013). Date: 1 November 2013, 00:00. Source: Females are even smaller. Author: shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates.

Description: Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, MALAYSIA. Date: 21 September 2012, 11:26. Source: Pygmy Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis). Author: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. Camera location5° 30′ 49.12″ N, 118° 18′ 05.9″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 5.513645; 118.301639.

Description: In gardens of Forest Department houses!. Date: 24 March 2014, 16:10. Source: Borneo Elephant. Author: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India.

Description: Herd of Borneo Elephants outside Tabin Wildlife Resort. Date: 24 March 2014, 18:30. Source: Herd of Borneo Elephants outside Tabin Wildlife Resort. Author: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India.

Description: Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, MALAYSIA. Date: 22 September 2012, 10:56. Source: Pygmy Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) male. Author: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE. Camera location5° 33′ 06.29″ N, 118° 19′ 28.09″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 5.551747; 118.324470.