Little elephant is the first scientific record of dwarfism in the wild

Mongabay
By Tiffany RoufsDec 19, 2013, 1:39 pm48 pts
Biologists in Sri Lanka have published the first documented evidence of dwarfism in an adult wild animal. A male Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) measuring just over 1.5 meters (five feet) in height was seen in an aggressive encounter with another male of average size. The elephant's small stature was due to…

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