Elephants Encyclopedia - facts and information about elephants since 1995

Facts and information about elephants presented on Internet since 1995. Theres different ways of finding information on the website. To the left you find the navigation links which often opens new submenues, be sure to look for them. At the elephant glossary/encyclopedia youll find alphabetical listings. At recent changes about elephants you find the latest database changes or contributions. At elephant FAQ you find frequently asked questions about elephants. Theres also an elephant database where you can search for elephants, locations, countries and more. There is also a site search function in the upper horizontal navigation, you will find each of the 5542 elephants (including 508 breeding cows and 199 breeding bulls) , and each of the 1564 location facilities in 104 countries.

Among links to the left, theres also sections which incorporates the database, like diseases like tuberculosis or herpesvirus virus, as well as breeding topics like artificial insemination, or american studbook(uncomplete), european studbook(uncomplete), list of names, summarize and graphical statistics and the latest changes in the elephant database. (RSS).

The 5 most recent births of elephants

Name	Species	Sex	Weight	Birth	Parents	Location
notnamed	LA	F	90 kgs 198 lbs	2009-12-27	Tonga x Veri	Hodenhagen Serengeti-Park
Jamuna Toni	EM	F	113 kgs 248.6 lbs	2009-12-21	Gajendra x Panang	Munich Zoo (Munchner Tierpark Hellabrunn)
Kina	EM	F	70 kgs 154 lbs	2009-11-10	Alexander x Indra	Amersfoort Zoo
unknown	EM	F	?	2009-09-04	Plai Bird x Phang Sombat	Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens
Daizy	EM	F	144 kgs 316.8 lbs	2009-09-02	Albert x Rosie (Rozana)	Rio Grande Zoo
All elephants born in: 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000 Show only Asians, only Africans, both or 22 pregnant captive elephants \| All stillbirths						The latest births of elephants on your website!

The 5 most recent deaths of elephants

Name	Species	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Reason	Location
† Christy	LA	F	1980	2009-12-22	29	euthanised kidney failure	Brookfield Zoo
† Kiba (Chupa)	LA	F	1982	2009-12-17	27	euthanised degenerative joint disease	Nashville Zoo
† Tara	LA	F	1969	2009-11-30	40	unknown	Toronto Zoo
† Chellam (Chellamma)	EM	F	2005	2009-11-20	4	disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus?	Madras Vandalur Zoo (Arignar Anna Zoological Park)
† Sammy	EM	M	1992-03-27	2009-10-29	17	unknown	Parc Paradisio
All elephants dead in: 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000. Show only Asians, Africans, both

The 5 most recent transfers of elephants

Name	Species	Sex	Birth	Age	Location	Arrival	From
Kibo	LA	M	2005-10-09	4	Vienna Zoo (Tiergarten Schönbrunn)	2009-12-02	Wuppertal Zoo
Numbi	LA	F	1992	17	Vienna Zoo (Tiergarten Schönbrunn)	2009-12-02	Wuppertal Zoo
Jumbo (Mila, Melanie Kai)	LA	F	1974	35	Franklin Zoo and Wildlife sanctuary	2009-11-28	Circus Loritz
Mekong	EM	M	1982	27	Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha)	2009-11-27	Leipzig Zoo
Thisiam	EM	M	1998-05-04	11	Katowice Zoo	2009-11-26	Plock Zoo
All elephants transfered in: 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000. Show only Asians, Africans, both

5 oldest living elephants

Age	Name	Species	Sex	Birth	Parents	Location
69	Taj	EM	F	1940	x	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Six Flags Marine World)
69	Bee (Burma)	EM	F	1940	x	Toluca Zoo (Zoologico de Zacango)
64	Java	EM	F	1945	x	Lyon Zoo (Jardin zoologique de la Ville Lyon)
63	Mary	EM	F	1946-06-01	x	Sanford Central Florida Zoological Park
62	Hanako	EM	F	1947	x	Inokashira Park Zoo
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Among oldest dead elephants in the database is Lin wang (min 86), Lakshmikutty (min. 84), Big Gentry Babe (min. 70).