Mariska
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Mary at Kaliningrad Zoo

☨ ♀ Mariska

Identification

EEP nr	2002

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1920 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

1929-05-01	Unknown from Budapest Zoo

1924-06-01	Budapest Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2012-06-13: 2020-11-06: Updated as lost to trace

Latest document update	2020-11-06 18:24:04

This record may be a duplicate record with Mary at Kaliningrad Zoo

† Mariska is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Unknown, in Unknown, .

Origin

Mariska was born wild 1920 at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Records about Mariska from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Mariska:

2002 F ~ 1920 UNK UNK UNKNOWN ~ 1920 NONE Birth MARISKA
L RUHE ~ Jan 1924 NONE Transfer
BUDAPEST 1 Jun 1924 001535 Transfer
L RUHE 1 May 1929 NONE ltf Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Mariska, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1233. (archived at the Wayback machine)