Tanya II
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Jenda Smaha in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Tanya II

Identification

Local id Number	2

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1974
Death reason:	disease: stomach virus
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Jenda Smaha, in United States

Date of arrival

1972-00-00	Jenda Smaha
Record history
History of updates	2012-06-07: New elephant RE 2018-02-28: text, died at Smaha? 2018-03-03: death year, text

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

† Tanya II is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1974 at Jenda Smaha, in United States, . Official death reason described as stomach virus.

Origin

Tanya II was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Second Tanya of Jenda Smaha

A Chicago, Illinois, news article ("Eulogy for Tanya the pachyderm," Chicago Tribune, 09/11/1974, p. C19) discusses the death of four year old Tanya who succumbed to a stomach virus. //Ryan Easley

The second died in 1974 to a stomach virus. She was 4.

Chang Reynolds files at Circus World, through Ryan Easley

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Tanya II, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Jenda Smaha in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12702. (archived at the Wayback machine)