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{{Taxobox

| name = Indian Elephant

| status=EN

| image = Working Elephant Vietnam.jpg

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]

| classis = [[Mammal]]ia

| ordo = [[Proboscidea]]

| familia = [[Elephantidae]]

| genus = ''[[Elephas]]''

| species = ''[[Asian Elephant|E. maximus]]''

| subspecies = '''''E. m. indicus'''''

| trinomial = ''Elephas maximus indicus''

| trinomial_authority = [[Cuvier]], [[1798]]

}}

The '''Indian Elephant''', ''Elephas maximus indicus'', is one of four [[subspecies]] of the [[Asian Elephant]], the largest population of which is found in [[India]]. This subspecies is also found in [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[Laos]], [[Peninsular Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].

The other three subspecies of the Asian Elephant are the [[Sumatran Elephant]] (''E. m. sumatranus''), [[Sri Lankan Elephant]] (''E. m. maximus'')<ref>[http://www.honoluluzoo.org/indian_elephant.htm Honolulu Zoo Indian Elephant]</ref> and [[Borneo Elephant]] (''E. m. borneensis'').