unknown
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at
Versailles menagerie in France

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ unknown  dead elephant
Taxidermy locationParis National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France

Identification


Description

Species:African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 17 years old
Origin
Born:* 1664 unknown
Birth place: in Africa unspecified location
Death
Dead: 1681-01-22
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Versailles menagerie, in France

Date of arrival

1665-00-00Versailles menagerie
Record history
History of updates2020-10-06

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† unknown is a dead Female ♀ African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), , who died 1681-01-22 at Versailles menagerie, in France, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Paris National Museum of Natural History, in Paris, France, since 1681-00-00.


Origin

unknown was born unknown 1664 at Africa unspecified location.


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2013-03-31: Police in France have arrested a man for allegedly breaking into the Museum of Natural History in Paris, and cutting a tusk off the Skeleton of an elephant that once belonged to a French king.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). unknown, African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) located at Versailles menagerie in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5976. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • The African Forest Elephant and its status in captivity. Part 1: Europe, by Don Cousins, International Zoo News No. 251 (41/2) March 1994
  • Page 57, The Wild Elephants and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon, by J. Emerson Tennent
  • Memoires Pour Servir L'Histoire Naturelle
  • Page 258, Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History, by Karl Groning and Martin Saller
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Categories1681 deaths | Paris National Museum of Natural History Taxidermy | 1664 births | Born in Congo | Elephants from Versailles menagerie | France | African forest elephants


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