Asian Elephant Female Skull Replica

Description

Asian elephant female skull replica measures 45.0 x 24.0 x 19.0 inches. The Elephas maximus skull is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

The Asian elephant is the only living species in its genus. It is the largest living land animal in Asia. It is also the second largest living elephant in the world.

This animal features a long trunk with a single finger-like tip. The males grow large tusks. This creature has large, folded ears and wrinkled grey skin. Light spots often cover the skin on the trunk, ears, or neck.

These animals live across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They range from India to Borneo, and from Nepal down to Sumatra. They inhabit open grasslands and many different types of tropical forests.

They only eat plants. An adult consumes about 330 pounds of vegetation every single day.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Proboscidea
• Family: Elephantidae
• Genus: Elephas
• Species: E. maximus
• Binomial name: Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758
• Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent
• Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1)

Combine the Asian elephant skull with the African elephant skull replica to instantly contrast the head shapes of the world’s largest land animals. Include the African elephant foot replica on your display to show how giant mammals safely support their massive bodies. You can place the dwarf woolly mammoth skull replica nearby to show the structural changes between modern elephants and ancient Ice Age species.