Borneo Pygmy elephants or elephant Java Pygmies, as the name implies it has a smaller size compared to other subspecies of the Asian elephant and the African elephant. Besides being known as the Borneo Pygmy Elephant and Elephant Pygmies Java is often also referred to as Elephant Kalimantan or Borneo Pygmy Elephant.
In English known as the Borneo Pygmy Elephant Elephant or Borneo. While there is a scientific name called as Elephas maximus Elephas maximus borneensis or sometimes sondaicus.
But the existence of Borneo elephant is still being debated. Although both subspecies believed as Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), the majority found that the Borneo pygmy elephant is the animal while others believed the introduction of a separate subspecies native and endemic to Borneo.
In English known as the Borneo Pygmy Elephant Elephant or Borneo. While there is a scientific name called as Elephas maximus Elephas maximus borneensis or sometimes sondaicus.
But the existence of Borneo elephant is still being debated. Although both subspecies believed as Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), the majority found that the Borneo pygmy elephant is the animal while others believed the introduction of a separate subspecies native and endemic to Borneo.
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