Indian elephant: Difference between revisions

The skin color of the Indian elephant is generally grey, lighter than that of ''Elephas maximus maximus'' but darker than that of ''Elephas maximus sumatranus''. Its skin is typically smoother than that of African elephants and may feature smaller patches of white depigmentation or grey spots. The body is covered in brownish to reddish hairs, which tend to reduce and darken with age. Females are usually smaller than males and often have short or absent tusks.<ref>{{cite book|author=Shoshani, J.|author-link=Jeheskel Shoshani |chapter=Taxonomy, Classification, and Evolution of Elephants |year=2006 |pages=3–14 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCpiZA61tyQC&pg=PA3 |title=Biology, medicine, and surgery of elephants |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=0-8138-0676-3 |editor1=Fowler, M. E. |editor2=Mikota, S. K. |access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210101515/https://books.google.com/books?id=oCpiZA61tyQC&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, Indian elephants possess approximately 29 narrow cheek teeth.<ref name=Shoshani/>

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