Borneo elephant

American  

[bawr-nee-oh el-uh-fuhnt] / ˈbɔr ni oʊ ˌɛl ə fənt /

noun

1. a notably passive Asian elephant subspecies (Elephas maximus borneensis ), found in the tropical rainforests of northern and northeastern Borneo and classified as endangered: DNA analysis since 2004 suggests it may be of a unique indigenous population, rather than an introduced descendant of captive elephants from the 16th–18th centuries, as had long been hypothesized.

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Etymology

Origin of Borneo elephant

First recorded in 2000–05