アメリカ自然史博物館のインスタグラム(amnh) - 7月21日 08時01分

For Throwback Thursday, here’s one from the archives! This stunning 1927 photograph features a diorama artist and one of the two Asian elephants that still stand in the Museum’s Hall of Asian Mammals. Like the Akeley Hall of African Mammals, this hall features a centerpiece grouping of freestanding elephants, encouraging comparisons between the two types. The Asian elephant is generally smaller than the African elephant, and has smaller ears and a higher forehead. Asian elephants used to live in areas stretching from Iraq to southern China, but are now confined mostly to hilly regions in Nepal, India and Southeast Asia. The habitats these forest mammals once occupied have been cut down to make way for farms and villages. Recent figures indicate that there are about 30,000 Asian elephants left in the wild, with available habitat of about 190,000 square miles. By contrast, the African population is about 10 times this size, living on nearly 3 million square miles of habitat. Many of the animals represented in this hall are threatened by poaching and loss of habitat. #asianelephant #elephant #amnh #taxidermy #indianelephant #1920s #tbt #elephants #elephantsofinstagram #asianelephants #indianelephants

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