Plai Chiwitdee
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal in Thailand

Biography
♂ Plai Chiwitdee
Alternative name: Chiwit Dee

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 11 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2013-12-17 captive-born , number 57
Birth place: in Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal

Parents: x ♀ Bounnoi
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2013-12-17Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
Record history
History of updates2022-04-15

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Biography


Plai Chiwitdee is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal, in Thailand.

Chiwitdee arrived in 2013-12-17 to the Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal,

Social

Chiwitdee lives together with 102 other elephants at the Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants


Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Chiwitdee was born captive-born as birth number 57 2013-12-17 at Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal.

Parentage


Parents of Plai Chiwitdee are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Bounnoi (mother).

Siblings through the mother Bounnoi:

  1. 2007-10-26(M) Kacha Thong
  2. 2018-10-13(F) Pung
  3. 2022-01-06(M) Hatsadin

Pedigree


Chiwitdees ancestral Pedigree:
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Bounnoi

Born: 1984

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Comments / pictures

2013-12-17: Buannoi, the ele that gives birth in The Last Mahout film by David Adams, has had another baby boy in the early hours of this morning!

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Plai Chiwitdee, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16318. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2013 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal | Thailand | Asian elephants


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