Sri Lankan elephant

American  

[sree lahng-kuhn el uh-fuhnt, lang-kuhn, shree] / ˌsri ˈlɑŋ kən ˈɛl ə fənt, ˈlæŋ kən, ˌʃri /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Sri Lankan elephant

First recorded in 1975–80