Asian Elephant Tooth Replica

Description

Asian elephant tooth replica measures 11.0 x 3.7 x 10.6 inches. The Elephas maximus tooth is a museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. 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
• Conservation status: Endangered (IUCN 3.1)

Set the Asian elephant tooth near the Asian elephant skull replica to view how these heavy grinding molars fit inside the bone tissue. Introduce the African elephant skull replica into your collection to let visitors instantly compare the jaw structures of different giant herbivores. You can also place the dwarf woolly mammoth skull replica nearby to show the structural changes between modern elephants and ancient Ice Age species.