According to the Forest Department, the teeth were found in thorny bushes about 430 meters away from where the skeleton of the male elephant was found on Sunday.
The Forest Department on Thursday recovered a pair of missing teeth from the skeleton of a wild elephant recently in the Boluvampatti forest range of Coimbatore Forest Division.
According to the Forest Department, the teeth were found in thorny bushes about 430 meters away from where the skeleton of the male elephant was found on Sunday.
The skeleton of a male elephant, aged between 25 and 28 years, was found in a reserve forest area of Pondi South Beat in Vellapathi section of the Boluvampatti forest range.
The forest veterinary officer, who examined the carcass, said the elephant could have died at least 45 days ago and the skeleton was removed about two weeks after its death.
The department had formed five teams to trace the missing tusk.
According to District Forest Officer TK Ashok Kumar, a team found teeth inside the forest on Thursday afternoon.
The department will conduct DNA analysis to confirm whether the teeth found in the forest belonged to an elephant whose carcass was seen on Sunday.