Conqueror (Bismarck?)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

☨ ♀ Conqueror (Bismarck?)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1885?
Death reason:	accident: pushed a foot through the floor in Box-car
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

	Unknown from Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

1875-00-00	Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden from Great Eastern Circus (DeHaven, Haight & R E J Miles)

1871-00-00	Great Eastern Circus (DeHaven, Haight & R E J Miles) from C. T. Ames Menagerie

Record history
History of updates	2018-04-18: new record 2020-11-06: Updated as lost to trace 2020-11-07: Updated as dead

Latest document update	2021-07-29 05:14:55

† Conqueror (Bismarck?) is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1885? at Unknown, in Unknown, . Official death reason described as pushed a foot through the floor in Box-car.

Origin

Conqueror (Bismarck?) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Conqueror (Bismarck?) from Bob Cline

CONQUEROR
Female Asian 1871 - Col. C.T. Ames Show ( called Bismarck )
1871 to 1875 - Haight's Great Eastern Circus
1875 - sold to Cincinnati Zoo Feb. 26, 1875 at auction of Haight's show in Lebanon, Ohio.
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Conqueror (Bismarck?), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11048. (archived at the Wayback machine)