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DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation.
PLoS biology - 1 Oct 2003
Fernando Prithiviraj, Vidya T N C, Payne John, Stuewe Michael, Davison Geoffrey, Alfred Raymond J, Andau P, Bosi Edwin, Kilbourn Annelisa, Melnick Don J
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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 subspecies or placed under the Indian or Sumatran subspecies. If shown to be a unique indigenous population, this would...
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