unknown
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Melbourne Zoo in Australia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ⚪ unknown  dead elephant

Identification


Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:unknown, unknown age
Origin
Born:* unknown
Birth place: in South Africa unspecified location
Imported:1914 by Ellis Stanley Joseph menagerie
Death
Dead:
Death reason: :
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Melbourne Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

Melbourne Zoo
from Highfield Hall (Ellis Stanley Joseph)

1914-12-00Highfield Hall (Ellis Stanley Joseph)
from Ellis Stanley Joseph menagerie

1914-12-00Ellis Stanley Joseph menagerie
from Unknown

Unknown
from South Africa unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2018-11-11: new record

Latest document update2021-09-15 17:56:03
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† unknown is a dead unknown African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died at Melbourne Zoo, in Australia, .

Origin

unknown was born unknown at South Africa unspecified location. and imported 1914 by Ellis Stanley Joseph menagerie


Comments / pictures

1914-12-26: Mr. Ellis Joseph, who is well known to the directors of the various Zoological Gardens in the Commonwealth, and to zoological collectors generally, is a passenger from Durban to the eastern States by the
Swedish-Australian steamer Nordic, which arrived at Port Adelaide on Thurs
day. He is a collector of wild and rare animals and birds, and has with him on the present trip a fine collection. It in cludes a brown hyena, two lions, four leopards, two zebras, two South American llamas, Moufflons, Barbary sheep, blesbok, springbok, ducker bok, impalla, and sable antelopes, jackals, lemurs, two South African elephants. "RARE ANTMALS AND BIRDS." The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) 26 december 1914: 6. Web. 11 nov 2018

A young African elephant is: looked upon as a great acquisition (Melbourne Zoo)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). unknown, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Melbourne Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 12 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11109. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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