Editha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Berlin Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Editha

Identification

EEP nr	0602

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1906-12-18 captive-born
Birth place:	in Berlin Zoo

Parents:	♂ Harry x ♀ Kalifa (Toni)
Death
Dead:	†1907-01-12
Death reason:	disease: Anorexia, rejected by mother. Handrearing unsuccesful
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Berlin Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1906-12-18	Berlin Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2021-12-20

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Editha is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1907-01-12 at Berlin Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as Anorexia, rejected by mother. Handrearing unsuccesful.

Origin

Editha was born captive-born 1906-12-18 at Berlin Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Editha are: ♂ Harry (father) and ♀ Kalifa (Toni) (mother).

Siblings through the father Harry:

1928-09-20 -- † 1939 (F) Kalifa II

Pedigree

**Edithas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Editha	Sire (f): Harry Born: 1890	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Kalifa (Toni) Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Conceived between February and April 1905 in Hagenbecks Tierpark, Hamburg.

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

0602 F 18 Dec 1906 HARRY KALIFA BERLINZOO 18 Dec 1906 NONE Birth Editha
11 Jan 1907 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Editha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Berlin Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1271. (archived at the Wayback machine)