Palaeoloxodon namadicus or the
Asian straight-tusked elephant, was a species of prehistoric elephant that ranged throughout
Pleistocene Asia, from
India (where it was first discovered) to
Japan, where the indigenous
Neolithic cultures hunted that particular subspecies for food. It is a descendant of the
straight-tusked elephant. Some authorities regard it to be a
subspecies of
Palaeoloxodon antiquus, the straight-tusked elephant, due to extreme similarities of the tusks. Their skull structure was also different from that of a modern elephant.