'Extinct' elephant may have been found again -- on a different island
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 00:22
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Pygmy elephant with radio collar. The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to the island of 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, suggests an article co-authored by World Wildlife Fund (WWF).