Raw data for Revathe T and Vidya TNC (2025) "Young Asian elephant calves show differentiated social relationships with conspecifics", https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.27.650831v2

This is a dataset of spatial and behavioural interactions between young calves (<6 months old) and conspecific females (mothers, allomothers, other females) in a wild Asian elephant population in Nagarahole and Bandipur National Parks, southern India. Data on calf-conspecific proximity contacts, calf-conspecific proximity, initiation and termination of calf-conspecific interactions, and responses shown towards these interactions are included.本数据集记录了印度南部纳加尔霍莱（Nagarahole）与班迪普尔（Bandipur）国家公园内野生亚洲象种群中，6月龄以下幼象与同种雌性个体（包括生母、异亲个体（allomother）、其他成年雌性）之间的空间关联与行为互动。数据集涵盖幼象与同种个体的近距离接触事件、空间接近度、互动的发起与终止流程，以及针对此类互动的各类回应行为。