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I thoroughly rewrote the text. "Syrian" elephants were clearly Indian - there are AFAIK no ancient sources suggesting that the Seleucids captured elephants in Syria, or that these were extinguished around 100 BCE. What happened around that time was that the Seleucid empire was overthrown and its rulers no longer had war-elephants.

There is a reference to an article (Elephants and the Nabateans) which discuss the appearance of elephant sculptures in the city of Petra. Whether these sculptures depict Indian or African elephants, that is little proof for a Syrian sub-species.

Unless somebody comes up with a source to prove the existence of the species at all, this article may be rather redundant.Sponsianus (talk) 21:36, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

c.f.: Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence By Peter Roger Stuart Moorey.

http://pygmyelephants.blogspot.com/2013/03/ege-universitys-syrian-elephant.html

Kortoso (talk) 20:24, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The statement "from periods dating between 3 million years BC and 100 years BC.[4]" is referenced by www.tabiattarihi.ege.edu.tr/en/ This WEbsite is offline, but available here: web.archive.org/web/20140331010257/www.tabiattarihi.ege.edu.tr/en/ But in contrast, it states "which lived 3 million -2000 years ago.". So, there comes the 100-bc statement from?? 47.71.17.181 (talk) 12:49, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Were these elephants actually native to the Middle East, or were they artificially introduced there? I’ve seen different sources give different answers. And how did they go extinct? 24.150.136.254 (talk) 03:44, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]