Iqhwa
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography
♀ Iqhwa


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Identification

EEP nr201304?

Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 11 years old
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2013-09-04 captive-born
Birth place: through
artificial insemination in Vienna Zoo

Parents: Steve (wild) x ♀ Tonga
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

2013-09-04Vienna Zoo
Record history
History of updates2021-11-16

Latest document update2021-04-09 07:50:57
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Biography


Iqhwa is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Vienna Zoo, in Austria.

Iqhwa arrived in 2013-09-04 to the Vienna Zoo,

Social

Iqhwa lives together with 4 other elephants at the Vienna Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. Abu born 2001-04-25
  2. Mongu born 2003-05-25
  3. Numbi born 1992
  4. Tonga born 1985


Origin

Iqhwa was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2013-09-04 at Vienna Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Iqhwa are: ♂ Steve (wild) (father) and ♀ Tonga (mother).

Siblings through the father Steve (wild):

  1. 2014-05-05(M) Sutton

Siblings through the mother Tonga:

  1. 2003-05-25(F) Mongu

Pedigree


Iqhwas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

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Steve (wild)

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Tonga

Born: 1985

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This is the first calf which was sired through Artificial insemination with frozen sperm and its father is a wild elephant bull at Phinda Reserve in Africa. Through a novel technique which was developed by a team from Berlin�s Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research the sperm gained in the bush was frozen and successfully thawed.

Vienna zoo says the sperm came from Steve, a wild bull elephant at the Phinda game reserve in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal province. The baby's mother, Tonga, has been at the zoo in Vienna since 1998.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Iqhwa, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13551. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2013 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Vienna Zoo | Austria | African savanna elephants


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