Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Laos (Lan Xang - Million Elephants - "The Kingdom of a Million Elephants")

This photo was taken in Laos.The Asian or Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies, the Indian Elephant, is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas. It is the largest living land animal in Asia. The species is found primarily in India, Sri Lanka, Burma and parts of Nepal and Malaysia, Vietnam,