Mutu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

☨ ♀ Mutu

Identification

EEP nr	3605

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Origin
Born:	* 1936 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1938? by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

1945-07-01	Unknown from Frankfurt Zoo

1938-05-12	Frankfurt Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

1938-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen) from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2013-05-25: prev location 2020-11-06: Updated as lost to trace 2021-09-18: Importer Firma Hagenbeck

Latest document update	2021-09-18 17:25:50

† Mutu is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Unknown, in Unknown, .

Origin

Mutu was born wild 1936. and imported 1938? by Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Comments / pictures

To circus 1945.

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

3605 F ~ 1936 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1936 NONE Birth MUTU
HAMBURG ~ 1938 NONE Transfer
FRANKFURT 12 May 1938 22312 Transfer
CIRCUS 1 Jul 1945 NONE ltf Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mutu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1249. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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