Fritz
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Stupinigi Menagerie in Italy

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Fritz  dead elephant
Fritz displayed as museum specimen.
Fritz as museum specimen.
Fritz 1827
Fritz 1827
Taxidermy locationTurin Regional Museum of Natural Science, Turin, Italy

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂

People killed:1: elephant keeper
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Freight:by ship from Alexandria in Egypt to the port of Genoa, from where it was walked to Turin.
Death
Dead: 1852
Death reason: killed: agressivness, killed its keeper
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Stupinigi Menagerie, in Italy

Date of arrival

Stupinigi Menagerie
from King Charles Felix of Sardinia

King Charles Felix of Sardinia
from Port of Genoa

Port of Genoa
from Alexandria Port

Alexandria Port
from Ibrahim Pasha

Record history
History of updates2024-01-18

Latest document update2024-01-18 14:42:08
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† Fritz is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1852 at Stupinigi Menagerie, in Italy, . Official death reason described as agressivness, killed its keeper.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, in Turin, Italy.


Origin

Fritz was born wild at Asia unspecified location., by ship from Alexandria in Egypt to the port of Genoa, from where it was walked to Turin.


Comments / pictures

Fritz in Stupinigi MenagerieFritz with biologist Spartaco Gippoliti, Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Fritz, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Stupinigi Menagerie in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10783. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1852 deaths | Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science Taxidermy | Elephants from Stupinigi Menagerie | Italy | Mankillers | Asian elephants


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