Tuy Hoa
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Tuy Hoa

Identification

SSP nr	43

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 28 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1955 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1983-04-20
Death reason:	unknown: arthritis?
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 1963-09-24 (dead † 2020-02-15)	♀ Hanako SSP id: 51

2. Born 1970-03-25 (dead † 1970-03-25)	♀ stillborn or killed? SSP id: 56

3. Born 1972-07-19 (dead † 1983)	♂ McClane (Gabriel) SSP id: 59
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States

Date of arrival

1956-09-17	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Tuy Hoa is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1983-04-20 at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States, . Official death reason described as arthritis?.

Offspring

Total: 3 babies

Origin

Tuy Hoa was born wild 1955.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tuy Hoa, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1195. (archived at the Wayback machine)