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The Last Great Tuskers

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

Size: Up to 3.4m tall (males) or 2.9m tall (females)

Life Span: Up to 70 years

Location: India and 12 countries in Southeast Asia

Males typically grow tusks, while cows have small incisor teeth called tushes Woolly mammoths – the Ice Age giants that capture our imagination in movies and books – live on today in the rainforests of South Asia.

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