---
title: "Sri Lankan Elephant"
description: "Elephas maximus maximus — Mammals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/sri-lankan-elephant
last_updated: 2026-10-01
---

# Sri Lankan Elephant

> Elephas maximus maximus — Mammals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Elephas maximus maximus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2455
- iNaturalist taxon: [542405](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/542405)

## Names

- en: Sri Lankan Elephant
- de: Sri Lanka-Elefant
- es: Elefante de Sri Lanka
- fr: Éléphant du Sri Lanka
- it: Elefante dello Sri Lanka
- nl: Ceylonolifant
- pt: Elefante-do-sri-lanka
- pl: słoń cejloński

## Photo

![Sri Lankan Elephant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sri-lankan-elephant/medium.jpg?v=bb279317)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · iNaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68688692

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sri-lankan-elephant?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).