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I've summoned the opinion of some experts (zoo veterinarians) but with my knowledge, it would be next to impossible to breed these two elephants.
Unlike breeding a donkey with a horse where both animals are different species within the same genus, Asian and African elephants are very distant relatives. Asian elephants are of the genus Elephas and the African elephant, Loxodonta. I found a report of 1 hybrid produced but it did not survive infancy.
I will let you know when I hear from the zoo vets!
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