Asiatic elephant vs clouded brindle

Elephas maximus compared with Apamea epomidion

Key Differences

• Asiatic elephant is Endangered while clouded brindle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic elephant	clouded brindle
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Arthropoda (節足動物)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Insecta (昆虫)
Order	Proboscidea (ゾウ目)	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Noctuidae
Genus	Elephas (Asian Elephants)	Apamea
Species	Elephas maximus	Apamea epomidion

Evolutionary Relationship

Asiatic elephant and clouded brindle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

Asiatic elephant

EN — Endangered

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

clouded brindle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic elephant	clouded brindle
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	60 years	—
Average Length	5.5 m	—
Average Weight	4.0 t	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic elephant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

clouded brindle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Asiatic elephant

アジアゾウ（Elephas maximus）はアフリカゾウに比べて小型で、インドから東南アジア・インドネシアに至る森林・草原に生息する。アフリカゾウより小さな耳・丸みのある背・鼻先の1本の指状突起などの形態的特徴を持ち、アジアの文化・宗教と深く結びついており、古来より使役動物・神事に用いられてきた。IUCNレッドリストでは絶滅危惧（EN）に分類されており、野生の個体数は5万頭を下回る。

clouded brindle

The clouded brindle (Apamea epomidion) is a noctuid moth in the family Noctuidae found across temperate Europe and extending into western Asia. The adult wingspan measures approximately 35–45 mm with typical brindle-patterned forewings in grey-brown and buff tones with subtle cross-lines and stigmata characteristic of the Apamea genus. The term 'clouded' refers to diffuse cloud-like darker shading areas across the forewing surface. Adults fly in one generation from June to August, attracted to light and flowers at night. The larvae are internal feeders within grass stems and roots, feeding on coarse grass species such as Brachypodium sylvaticum and Deschampsia in woodland rides, scrub margins, and rough grassland habitats. The pupal stage overwinters in soil or within plant debris. The clouded brindle inhabits structurally diverse woodland edge habitats with a mixture of tall grasses, scrub, and open canopy woodland rides that provide both larval foodplants and adult resting sites. Changes in woodland management, particularly reduction of coppicing and shading of woodland rides, may affect this and related grass-feeding brindle moth species.