Mama
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Don Robinson circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Mama

Identification


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:	Don Robinson circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1909-00-00	Don Robinson circus from Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

1907-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Great Wallace Shows

1898-00-00	Great Wallace Shows from Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus

1897-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2013-04-16:

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

† Mama is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Don Robinson circus, in United States, .

Origin

Mama was born .

Comments / pictures

Records about Mama from Bob Cline

MAMA
Female Asian 1897 - Carl Hagenbeck's Wild Animal Show at the Chicago World's Fair.
1898 to 1906 - Great Wallace Circus
1907 to 1909 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Thought to be 61 years old.
1909 - sold to Don R. Robinson Circus
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Mama, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Don Robinson circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13356. (archived at the Wayback machine)