Tang Mo
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kanchanaburi Elephants World in Thailand

Biography

♀ Tang Mo

Alternative name:	Tang-Mo

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ about 76 years old (approximate age)
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* ~1950 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kanchanaburi Elephants World, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2014-04-00	Kanchanaburi Elephants World
Record history
History of updates	2018-05-25: New record 2023-09-02: DNA research

Latest document update	2025-03-01 22:48:58
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Biography

Tang Mo is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Kanchanaburi Elephants World, in Thailand.

Tang Mo arrived in 2014-04-00 to the Kanchanaburi Elephants World,

Social

Tang Mo lives together with 26 other elephants at the Kanchanaburi Elephants World: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Aum Pan born ~1936
2. ♀ Boon Reung born ~1961
3. ♀ Boyo
4. ♀ Bua Kham
5. ♀ Dok Mai born ~1960
6. ♀ Gai Na born ~1960
7. ♀ Hong Faa born ~1950
8. ♀ Jarunee born ~1970
9. ♀ Pang Kampang born ~1950
10. ♀ Kanta born 2008
11. ♀ Lam Duan born ~1956
12. ♀ Malee born ~1969
13. ♀ Nemochi
14. ♂ Ngohok born 2007
15. ♀ Nong Mai born ~1993?
16. ♀ Nor Ko Tok born 1999
17. ♀ Norgael born 2018-05-10
18. ♀ Norpol
19. ♂ Rom Sai born ~1980
20. ♂ Sai Yok
21. ♀ Somboon born ~1954
22. ♀ Spy born 2011
23. ♀ Sri Thong born ~1961
24. ♀ To Me born ~1964
25. ♂ Tong-Kam born ~1950?
26. ♀ Touk-Ka-Ta born ~1950

Origin

Tang Mo was born wild ~1950.

Comments / pictures

DNA research: A parsimony network was constructed for the 16 combined sequences of captive Asian elephants from Kanchanaburi. Tang Mo belong to Clade β

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Tang Mo, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kanchanaburi Elephants World in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11351. (archived at the Wayback machine)