DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation.

DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation.

The origin of Borneo's elephants is controversial. Two competing hypotheses argue that they are either indigenous, tracing back to the Pleistocene, or were introduced, descending from elephants imported in the 16th-18th centuries. Taxonomically, they have either been classified as a unique subs...

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Main Authors: Prithiviraj Fernando, T N C Vidya, John Payne, Michael Stuewe, Geoffrey Davison, Raymond J Alfred, P Andau, Edwin Bosi, Annelisa Kilbourn, Don J Melnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2003-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0000006

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