Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) INDIAN ELEPHANT
By Louis A. Sargent
Date 1909
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8116020829
Author Finn, Frank
Full title The wild beasts of the world / by Frank Finn ; illustrated with 100 reproductions in full colours from drawings by Louis Sargent, Cuthbert E. Swan, and Winifred Austin.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_wild_beasts_of_the_world_(Plate_3)_(8116020829).jpg
The Asian or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. Asian elephants are the largest living land animals in Asia.
The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia.