Little Asian or Asiatic elephant, Elephas maximus is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India and Nepal in the west to Borneo in the east.

Little Asian or Asiatic elephant, Elephas maximus is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India and Nepal in the west to Borneo in the east.

Little Asian or Asiatic elephant, Elephas maximus is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India and Nepal in the west to Borneo in the east.

Happiness Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) begging for food in wildlife conservation area in Chiang Rai province of Thailand.

Big Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) living in wildlife conservation area in rural Thailand. Asian elephants have been a symbol of Thailand since ancient times.

Dr Karikalan Mathesh, Senior Scientist, Centre for Wildlife Conservation Management & Disease Surveillance, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, participated in the 21st International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium and the Global EEHV Meet 2025, held at Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA, from 5–10 December 2025. He presented his research paper titled “Studies on Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus Haemorrhagic Disease among Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in India.” T