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“Three Bornean Elephants have been fitted with satellite collars over the past week in Kinabatangan, marking the beginning of the first study of their social structure.” - the star online

“Since that paper, they’ve fleshed out an alternate scenario that’s decidedly more exotic. Specifically, wildlife biologist Junaidi Payne, based at the World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia, and colleagues now suspect that the elephants are remnants of a population believed to be extinct for more than 200 years” - The Scientist

“The proposal to set up a Borneo Elephant Conservation Alliance (Beca) is among resolutions made by experts to save the endangered Borneo pygmy elephants.” - the star online

“The proposal to set up a Borneo Elephant Conservation Alliance (Beca) is among resolutions made by experts to save the endangered Borneo pygmy elephants.” - the star online

” Borneo’s pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study.” - TheChronicleHerald.ca

“A gift exchange between Asian rulers several centuries ago may have inadvertently saved a population of elephants from extinction, according to a new study.” - National Geographic News

“The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.” - Science Daily

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“The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.” - Science Daily

“Satellite tracking and other data have revealed that logging and commercial plantations critically threaten the little-known animals’ limited island habitat, according to a report released August 9 by the international conservation organization WWF.” - National Geographic News Photo Gallery

“Satellite tracking of pygmy elephants has found that the endangered animals � unique to Borneo island � are under threat due to logging and commercial plantations encroaching on their habitat, conservationists said Thursday.” - Discovery Channel

“Pygmy elephants living in dense jungles on Borneo island face a growing threat to survival as their homes get cut down for timber or plantations, pushing the animals into conflicts with humans, experts said on Thursday.” - globeandmail.com

“A new WWF study tracking pygmy elephants by satellite shows that the remaining herds of these endangered elephants, which live only on the island of Borneo, are under threat from forest fragmentation and loss of habitat.” - ScienceDaily

“Satellite tracking of pygmy elephants has found that the endangered animals�unique to Borneo island�are under threat due to logging and commercial plantations encroaching on their habitat, conservationists said Thursday.” - San Jose Mercury News

“Human activities such as logging and farming have been hindering a six-month study of Sabah’s unique Borneo pygmy elephants as the movements of these animals have been affected.” - Daily Express

“The world’s smallest elephant species, the newly described Bornean elephant, will be the focus of a Cardiff University study in Sabah, Malaysia for the next three years.” - EurekAlert

“For example, WWF and other scientists just discovered in 2003 that Borneo’s pygmy elephants — isolated from mainland Asian elephants when Borneo was cut off from the mainland around 18,000 years ago — are genetically distinct from other Asian elephants and are likely a new subspecies. ” - Mongabay.com