Atlas (twin)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♂ Atlas (twin)
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Identification

AERP family id	AA family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 2 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2020-02-00 wild
Birth place:	in Amboseli National Park

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Angelina
Death
Dead:	†2022-02-00
Death reason:	malnutrition: starved to death in Kenya during a prolonged drought
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

2020-02-00	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-13

Latest document update	2022-03-26 09:45:34
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† Atlas (twin) is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2022-02-00 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as starved to death in Kenya during a prolonged drought.

Origin

Atlas (twin) was born wild 2020-02-00 at Amboseli National Park.

Parentage

Parents of Atlas (twin) are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Angelina (mother).

Siblings through the mother Angelina:

2020-02-00(F) Alana (twin)

Pedigree

**Atlas (twin)s ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Atlas (twin)	Sire (f): Born: 2025-11	Sire ff: Born: 2025-11	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: 2025-11	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-11	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-11	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Angelina Born: 1985 2025-11	Sire mf: Born: 2025-11	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: 2025-11	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Amy Born: 1952? 2025-11	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Amy Born: 1952? 2025-11	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Atlas was consistently smaller and skinnier than his twin sister, and had a groove/notch on his left ear.

Always by Angelina’s side, he was much less bold than his twin sister.

2022: An extremely rare baby elephant twin has starved to death in Kenya during a prolonged drought. The calf's mother, a 36-year-old elephant called Angelina, who lives in the Amboseli National Park gave birth to twins, a male and a female, in 2020. In a statement on Facebook, Amboseli Trust for Elephants, which monitors the elephants in the reserve, said it was the male twin that had died.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Atlas (twin), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10716. (archived at the Wayback machine)