- a notably passive Asian elephant subspecies (Elephas maximus borneensis), found in the tropical rainforests of northern and northeastern Borneo and classified as endangered: DNA analysis since 2004 suggests it may be of a unique indigenous population, rather than an introduced descendant of captive elephants from the 16th–18th centuries, as had long been hypothesized.
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