Sri Lankan elephant

[ sree lahng-kuhn el uh-fuhnt, lang-kuhn, shree ]

noun

1. the largest Asian elephant subspecies ( Elephas maximus maximus ), native to Sri Lanka and classified as endangered: compared to its related subspecies, it has darker skin, with greater areas of depigmentation, and is more likely to belong to a herd in which tuskless males are common.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sri Lankan elephant¹

First recorded in 1975–80