Talk:Asian elephant
Latest comment: 21 days ago by Wolverine X-eye in topic Secondary opening paragraph needs source
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Semi-protected edit request on 21 September 2024
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There are four subspecies of Asian elephants as of June 2024. This should be changed from three subspecies.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/world-s-smallest-elephants-now-endangered--bornean-elephants-add.html Edeaaa (talk) 09:30, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
Not done for now: For mammal species we tend to wait for both IUCN and ASM's MDD to have the taxa. When one doesn't, and for subspecies, we want at least one of them to list and multiple third party sources to also report the taxon. Right now we have IUCN and AMNH. We need to wait for one or two others.
Also, you didn't use the proscribed "please change X to Y" format for your request. UtherSRG (talk) 12:37, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
Secondary opening paragraph needs source
edit"Asian elephants have a large and well-developed neocortex of the brain, are highly intelligent and self-aware being able to display behaviors associated grief, learning, greeting etc."
No source on this, article protected so can't add the tag but, still. Needs a source. Self-awareness among animals still disputed and prone to human anthropomorphism (see: Derek C. Penn and Daniel J. Povinelli 2007) so a source for the claim would be appropriate.
Magpiesmeanstoeuphoria (talk) 13:37, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- There are no sources in the lead, as you can clearly see. So if you are looking for a source, then I suggest you check the intelligence section. Wolverine X-eye (talk to me) 16:15, 30 October 2024 (UTC)