Asiatic elephant vs

Elephas maximus compared with Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides

Key Differences

• Asiatic elephant is Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic elephant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoário)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Stemonitidales
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Stemonitidaceae
Genus	Elephas (Asian Elephants)	Symphytocarpus
Species	Elephas maximus	Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides

Conservation Status

Asiatic elephant

EN — Endangered

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic elephant
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil).

Asiatic elephant

O elefante-asiático (Elephas maximus) é um dos maiores animais terrestres existentes, distribuído pelo sul e sudeste da Ásia. Seu estado de conservação é em perigo (EN) devido principalmente à perda de habitat e à caça ilegal, e tem grande importância cultural e religiosa em muitas culturas asiáticas.

Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides e um mixomiceto que produz esporangios escuros e agrupados em madeira em decomposicao e detritos vegetais em ambientes florestais. Pertence a um grupo de organismos que alternam entre um plasmodio movel e nutricional e um estagio reprodutivo esporangial. Como outros mixomicetos, contribui para a ecologia microbiana alimentando-se de bacterias e detritos em habitats florestais.