The natural habitat of the Asian Elephants would usually be forest or grassland areas dispersed around Asia, mainly in Sri Lanka, Sumatra and India. However, the elephants seem to like transition zones, which are areas that are a mix of forest and intermittent grassy areas, as this gives the elephant a variety of species of plants to eat, and a quick way to escape the sun. Although, this is the native natural habitat of the Asian Elephants, they are very adaptable and can adapt to life in a variety of environments.(10)

 

In the Asian Elephants habitats, some of the main requirements of the habitat would be the need for lots of water and healthy soil and soil bacteria. This means that there is lots of pressure, put on this habitat to create healthy soil and have healthy soil bacteria because there is just so much plant life and trees. Some of the main natural top predators, with regards to the Asian Elephants food web would be Bengal Tigers and Jackals, however since there really are not many top predators, not too much pressure is put onto other species. There is also lots of pressure put on the plant life in these habitats, because in the food web, there are few carnivores, meaning most of the species rely on plants, including the Asian Elephant. However, the amount of plant life is not significantly low because there is a vast variety and number of plants, which help keeps equilibrium within the ecosystem.(8)

 

In both forest and grassland areas, there is a large amount of pressure put on these habitats by humans. Deforestation is one of the largest pressures put on the Asian Elephants habitats as they are destroyed to create farms or cities, or trees are also used to create lumber products or other products such as paper. It is because their habitats are regularly being destroyed, that their population is declining and they are endangered.(11)