Wallace Trilby
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

☨ ♀ Wallace Trilby

Identification

SSP nr	463

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

Date of arrival

1971-00-00	Unknown from Audubon Zoo

1966-00-00	Audubon Zoo from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

1936-00-00	Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1931-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from John Robinson Circus

1925-00-00	John Robinson Circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1916-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 1916-00-00 from William P. Hall Animal Farm

Record history
History of updates	2012-10-02: 2020-11-07: Updated as lost to trace

Latest document update	2020-11-07 19:18:36

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

Origin

Wallace Trilby was born .

Comments / pictures

Records about Wallace Trilby from Bob Cline

TRILBY ( Wallace )
Female Asian 1915 - imported by Wm. P. Hall
1916 to 1924 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1925 to 1930 - John Robinson Circus
1931 to 1935 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1936 to 1966 - RBBB
1966 to 1971 - New Orleans Zoo
1971 - sent to another zoo
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Records about Wallace Trilby from SSPNorth American Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Wallace Trilby:

463 F ~ 1902 WILD WILD ASIA ???? ______ Capture Trilby
SELLSFL C ~ 1904 ______ Transfer
BARNES AL ~ 1932 ______ Transfer
BARNES SF ~ 1936 ______ Transfer
VENICE BB ~ 1938 ______ Transfer
AUDUBON 26 Dec 1966 1483 Transfer
UNKNOWN ~ Dec 1971 ______ ltf Transfer

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Wallace Trilby, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12856. (archived at the Wayback machine)