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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Daily Quiz On elephant
Daily Quiz | On elephant Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit YOUR SCORE 0 /7 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | The World Elephant Day was co-founded on August 12, 2012 by Patricia Sims and an Asian royal whose birthday also happens to be on the same date. Name the former queen of the country which has the sobriquet 'Land of the White Elephant'. DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand SHOW ANSWER 2 / 7 | The three recognised species i.e.: African savannah, African forest, and Asian are the only surviving members of which Family and Order? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Elephantidae and Proboscidea SHOW ANSWER 3 / 7 | Apart from the size, one standout feature of the largest land animal are their tusks. Of which type of teeth are tusks an enlarged version? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Incisor SHOW ANSWER 4 / 7 | How can one say if an elephant is an Asian or African variety by examining its trunk? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : African elephants have two finger-like extensions at the tip of the trunk, while the Asian has only one SHOW ANSWER 5 / 7 | What are the names of the sophisticated elephant king in a the popular series of books by Jean de Brunhoff and Bart's pet elephant in 'The Simpsons'? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : Babar and Stampy SHOW ANSWER 6 / 7 | In Indian myth, from where did Indra's six-tusked mount Airavata emerge? DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER? YES NO Answer : During the churning of the cosmic ocean (Samudra Manthan) SHOW ANSWER
Arab News
07-04-2025
- Science
- Arab News
What We Are Reading Today: ‘Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives'
Authors: Asier Larramendi & Marco P. Ferretti Today, only three species of elephants survive—the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). However, these modern giants represent just a fraction of the vast and diverse order of Proboscidea, which includes not only living elephants but also their many extinct relatives. Over the past 60 million years, proboscideans have evolved and adapted across five continents, giving rise to an astonishing variety of forms.
