<Tr> <Td> LR / nt </Td> <Td> Lower risk / near threatened </Td> <Td> Species which are close to being classified as vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> LR / lc </Td> <Td> Lower risk / least concern </Td> <Td> Species for which there are no identifiable risks . </Td> </Tr> <P> Elephants comprise three living species and are the largest living land animals . Three species that lived in prehistoric times used to live in the Philippines, until their extinction . One species, the Asian elephant - unknown subspecies like those on Sabah, once lived in both the Sultanate of Sulu and Maguindanao, though became extinct on those areas because of hunting and / or were transported back to Sabah for unknown reasons . </P> <Ul> <Li> Family: Elephantidae (elephants) <Ul> <Li> Genus: Elephas <Ul> <Li> Elephant species Elephas sp . EX prehistoric: Found in Iloilo, Panay Island <Ul> <Li> Asian elephant Elephas maximus EN - EX in Philippines - Introduced in the 13th - 16th? century from Sabah in the reign of the Sultanate of Sulu, and became extinct on Maguindanao or were transported back to Sabah . Bone fragments were the only proof left behind . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Family: Stegodontidae <Ul> <Li> Genus: Stegodon <Ul> <Li> Luzon stegodon Stegodon luzonensis EX prehistoric </Li> <Li> Mindanao stegodon Stegodon mindanensis EX prehistoric </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul>

Why are there no elephants in the philippines
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