Two subspecies of Asian elephant

The pale colored young elephant in the background is Borneo subspecies, while the other two are mainland subspecies, according to the zoo staff next to the enclosure.

baboon said:

The pale colored young elephant in the background is Borneo subspecies, while the other two are mainland subspecies, according to the zoo staff next to the enclosure.

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It's good that the staff can divide the two subspecies clearly.

It should be still better if Bornean elephants should be managed separately

@colobus, very much agreed. The Bornean subspecies has been determined to be just that a specific island subspecies restricted to Borneo/Kalimantan (and even quite separate from the other Indonesian island subspecies ..., the Sumatran subspecies.