秦汉以来,我国野生亚洲象主要分布在南岭以南的广东、广西两省和福建省的东南角,以及云南省的南部和西部的部分地区。明清时期,其数量和分布区迅速缩小,这与人类的捕杀和栖息地的破坏关系甚大,其中的农业开发、砍伐森林所导致的栖息地破坏是根本原因。 Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the wild Asian elephants in our country are mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian Provinces south of Nanling, as well as in the south and west of Yunnan Province. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number and distribution area of ​​the area were rapidly reduced, which had a great relationship with the killing of humans and the destruction of habitats. The destruction of habitats caused by agricultural exploitation and deforestation was the fundamental reason.