stillborn
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
London Zoo in United Kingdom

Biography
dead elephant ☨* ♀ stillborn  dead elephant

Identification

EEP nr0201

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Stillborn:☨* 1902-08-31 captive-born (stillborn)
Birth place: in London Zoo

Parents: Palm x ♀ Jenny
Death
Dead: 1902-08-31
Death reason: ☨* stillborn:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:London Zoo, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1902-08-31London Zoo
Record history
History of updates2022-08-24

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
Google map
Relevant literature
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases,

† stillborn is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1902-08-31 at London Zoo, in United Kingdom, .

Origin

stillborn was born captive-born (stillborn) 1902-08-31 at London Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of stillborn are: ♂ Palm (father) and ♀ Jenny (mother).

Pedigree


stillborns ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

stillborn

Sire (f):
Palm

Born:

Sire ff:


Born:
Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:


Born:
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Jenny

Born:

Sire mf:


Born:
Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:


Born:
Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:


Comments / pictures

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

0201 F 31 Aug 1902 PALM JENNY LONDON RP 31 Aug 1902 1036 Birth
31 Aug 1902 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online


This stillborn asian elephant is appearently the first confirmed elephant birth in Europe in historical time. Bred at Circus Sanger.

"On my arrival at the Elephant-house about 9.15 I stopped to look at the elephant. I could see at once by the way she was walking about the den, sometimes forward and sometimes backward, and every now and then stooping with her hind legs and straining very much, that a young elephant would soon be born. The keepers had all gone, (as is ususal in Sunday mornings) and I left the house to seek assistance, and send for the keepers. On my return about 9.45 A.M. the young elephant had been born, and was lying in the middle of the den. I had the mother chained up, and then with the greatest care removed the dead animal, with the placenta, just as I found it., to the dead-house (Prosectorium). The mother was very quiet, and did not in any way try to interfere with the keepers whilst they were removing the dead young one"Assistant Superintendent in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902

Length from tip of Trunk to end of tail, 95 ins.; trunk, 21 ins.; height at shoulders, 35 ins.
Elephants and their diseases: A treatise on elephants. by Griffith H. Evans
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). stillborn, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at London Zoo in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1266. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
  • London Zoo from old photographs, by John C. Edwards 1996, pp. 106
  • Page 97, Elephants and their diseases: A treatise on elephants. by Griffith H. Evans
Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Search more on the web for stillborn

(The name stillborn is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)


Categories1902 deaths | 1902 births | With Pedigree | EEP | Elephants from London Zoo | United Kingdom | Asian elephants


About this documentThis document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24 with valid HTML5 Valid CSS


Elephant Encyclopedia and database
ELEPHANT
ENCYCLOPEDIA

Established 1995
ELEPHANT
DATABASE
Established 2006
Your ip: 18.97.14.85
Kulen Elephant Forest