Asian elephant
The Asian elephant ("Elephas maximus"), also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus "Elephas" and is distributed in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India and Nepal in the west to Borneo in the south. Three subspecies are recognised—"E. m. maximus" from Sri Lanka, "E. m. indicus" from mainland Asia and "E. m. sumatranus" from the island of Sumatra. The Asian elephant is the largest living land animal in Asia.
Chinese alligator
The Chinese alligator lives in bodies of fresh water, inhabiting "the area of climatic transition between subtropical and temperate regions". Occurring at the base of mountains, it lives in areas where grass and shrubs are common. It was once abundant in wetlands and other larger bodies of water in the wild, such as rivers and lakes, but loss of habitat has limited it to primarily ponds and drainage ditches. Habitat loss has also forced it to live at higher elevations than it prefers, where the weather is colder and the soil is unfit for burrow digging. In one study of the alligator, crocodilian conservationist John Thorbjarnarson observed a female that had to build her nest of pine needles rather than the usual plants; the eggs in the nest died due to the pine needles not being able to warm the eggs properly. Its range is extremely restricted; as of 2015, the only places it lives in the wild are Xuancheng, Nanling County, Jing County, Wuhu, Langxi County, and Guangde County – six counties and cities in the province of Anhui. It is the only species in the family Alligatoridae that lives on a continent other than North or South America.