Basil
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
John Robinson Circus in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Basil  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:John Robinson Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1906-00-00John Robinson Circus
from William P. Hall Animal Farm

1906-00-00William P. Hall Animal Farm
from J. Potter

1906-00-00J. Potter
from Glen Island menagerie

Glen Island menagerie
from Adam Forepaugh Circus

1885-00-00Adam Forepaugh Circus
from Cooper and Bailey Circus

Record history
History of updates2022-10-03

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
Google map
Random literature
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases,

† Basil is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at John Robinson Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Basil was born wild .


Comments / pictures

1834: - arrives in US.
1894: threated for penumonia, see pdf
1903: Swimming to Long Island

Records about Basil from Bob Cline

Asian Male 1878 - Cooper & Bailey Circus
1885 to 1888 - Adam Forepaugh
Glen Island Menagerie
1906 - Dr. M. J. Patten
1906 - Wm. P. Hall
1906 - underwent surgery in Cincinnati - John Robinson perhaps??
1906 to 1911 - John Robinson Circus

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Basil, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at John Robinson Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3015. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Search more on the web for Basil

(The name Basil is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)


CategoriesElephants from John Robinson Circus | United States | Asian elephants


About this documentThis document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24 with valid HTML5 Valid CSS


Elephant Encyclopedia and database
ELEPHANT
ENCYCLOPEDIA

Established 1995
ELEPHANT
DATABASE
Established 2006
Your ip: 44.206.248.122
Kulen Elephant Forest