diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/wdr.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/wdr.py
index 613914c819..463d4df93d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/wdr.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/wdr.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class WDRIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class WDRPageIE(WDRIE):  # XXX: Do not subclass from concrete IE
-    _MAUS_REGEX = r'https?://(?:www\.)wdrmaus.de/(?:[^/]+/)*?(?P<maus_id>[^/?#.]+)(?:/?|/index\.php5|\.php5)(?:#.+)?$'
+    _MAUS_REGEX = r'https?://(?:www\.)wdrmaus.de/(?!elefantenseite)(?:[^/]+/)*?(?P<maus_id>[^/?#.]+)(?:/?|/index\.php5|\.php5)(?:#.+)?$'
     _PAGE_REGEX = r'/(?:mediathek/)?(?:[^/]+/)*(?P<display_id>[^/]+)\.html'
     _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\d?\.)?(?:(?:kinder\.)?wdr\d?|sportschau)\.de' + _PAGE_REGEX + '|' + _MAUS_REGEX