Genetic Insight into an Extinct Population of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in the Near East

The current range of the Asian elephant is fragmented and restricted to southern Asia. Its historical range was far wider and extended from Anatolia and the Levant to Central China. The fossil record from these peripheral populations is scant and we know little of their relationship to modern Asian...

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Main Authors: Linus Girdland-Flink, Ebru Albayrak, Adrian M. Lister
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2018-03-01
Series:Open Quaternary
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Online Access:http:///articles/36