Roma
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rome Zoo in Italy

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Roma  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr4802

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 20 years old
Origin
Born:* 1948-08-06 captive-born
Birth place: in Rome Zoo

Parents: Romeo II x ♀ Giulietta II (Giulie)
Death
Dead: 1968-04-13
Death reason: disease: pneumonia
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Rome Zoo, in Italy

Date of arrival

1948-08-06Rome Zoo
Record history
History of updates2024-01-15

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† Roma is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1968-04-13 at Rome Zoo, in Italy, . Official death reason described as pneumonia.

Origin

Roma was born captive-born 1948-08-06 at Rome Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Roma are: ♂ Romeo II (father) and ♀ Giulietta II (Giulie) (mother).

Siblings through the father Romeo II:

  1. 1950-09-02 -- † 1952-12-24 (M) Remo
  2. 1953-09-11 -- † 1953-09-11 (F) stillborn
  3. 1955-07-03 -- † 1955-12-31 (F) Zuma

Siblings through the mother Giulietta II (Giulie):

  1. 1950-09-02 - † 1952-12-24 (M) Remo
  2. 1953-09-11 - † 1953-09-11 (F) stillborn
  3. 1955-07-03 - † 1955-12-31 (F) Zuma

Pedigree


Romas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

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Giulietta II (Giulie)

Born: 1930

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Contradictory records:

EEG state death date 1968-04-12.

Roma was rejected by her mother, and heandreared by the elephant keepers, after the biologist, later director of Rome Zoo, Ermanno Bronzini, researched hand rearing and had the milk from Giulietta analyzed. This was probably the first succesful Handrearing ever, of a zoo born elephant, although infant elephant babies had been hand reared in Africa and probably Asia, before.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Roma, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rome Zoo in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=808. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
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