Palaeoloxodon namadicus

Palaeoloxodon namadicus or the Asian straight-tusked elephant, was a species of prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout Pleistocene Asia, from India (where it was first discovered) to Japan. It is a descendant of the straight-tusked elephant.
Some authorities regard it to be a subspecies of Palaeoloxodon antiquus, the straight-tusked elephant, due to extreme similarities of the tusks. Their skull structure was also different from that of a modern elephant.
P. namadicus is thought to have died out around 24,000 years ago, near the end of the Pleistocene.[1]
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Prehistoric elephants
Category:Pleistocene proboscideans
Category:Pleistocene mammals of Asia
Category:Taxa named by Hugh Falconer
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1846
Category:Mammals