Plai Bang
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Samui Elephant Haven in Thailand

Biography

♂ Plai Bang

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:	in Thailand unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Samui Elephant Haven, in Thailand

Date of arrival

	Samui Elephant Haven
Record history
History of updates	2021-06-24

Latest document update	2022-05-26 12:29:41
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Biography

Plai Bang is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Samui Elephant Haven, in Thailand.

Bang arrived to the Samui Elephant Haven unknown date,

Social

Bang lives together with 5 other elephants at the Samui Elephant Haven:

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 Bang was born unknown at Thailand unspecified location.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Plai Bang, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Samui Elephant Haven in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10473. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Links

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