Question

Write an analytical paragraph on the Asian Elephant population. Analyze the data and write a paragraph. Word limit -120-150 words . ​

Answer 1

The Asian elephant is considered to be a single species, Elephas maximus with four extant subspecies, E.m. hirsute (Malayan elephant), E.m. indicus (Indian elephant), E.m.maximus (Sri Lankan elephant), and E.m. sumatranus (Sumatran elephant).

Elephants have disappeared entirely from western Asia, Iran, and most of China.

It is estimated that at the turn of the century there were more than 100,000 elephants in Asia .The actual number of elephants found in the wild then and now can be only rough estimates.

The surviving population of Asian elephants is estimated between 30,000–50,000, one-tenth of the population of African elephants.

The process of trying to systematically census the densely forested regions of Asia is extremely difficult. In many countries, unfavorable political conditions hamper or prevent census work.

The elephants’ forest home has been reduced to a fraction of its former range. India’s extensive forests, where elephants roamed widely, now cover less than 20 percent of the country, and barely half of that is suitable habitat for elephants.

The central India elephant population has been seriously fragmented.

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