Pygmy elephant

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Pygmy elephant, River Kinabatangan, Borneo

The Sicilian dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon falconeri), also simply known as the pygmy elephant, is one of the smallest elephants, about the size of a domestic pig. Sicilian dwarf elephants were once extinct since the end of the Ice Age, but have since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii before reintroducing them back to Italy. Because of their unique size, the elephants has ended up with a common representation in captivity, even in Cenozoic Park. The conservation status of the…

Hailing from northern and northeastern Borneo, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the Borneo pygmy elephant is the smallest pachyderm in Asia...

I've just returned from a wonderfully memorable 3 days living with an Orang Sugai family right next to The Kinabatangan River in Borneo. Our guide also lived in the village and was brilliant at positioning our small boat in the perfect place to see the wildlife on offer. The family we lived with were incredibly welcoming and gaining an insight into their way of life was very rewarding. Waking up to the sound of the jungle and stepping outside to watch the sunrise over Sabah's longest river…

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Pygmy elephants are the world's smallest elephants and we saw them in Borneo, Malaysia. Check out their mad skills as they swim across a river!