Pygmy elephant may have been introduced to Borneo from Java


KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be a native to the island after all.

Instead, the population may be the last survivors of the Javan elephant, which was accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, as a new publication suggests.

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