Momo (Maman)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm in Spain

Biography

♀ Momo (Maman)

Identification

EEP nr	8519

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 40 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1985 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink
Freight:	By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm, in Spain

Date of arrival

2005-05-27	Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm from Gänserndorf Safari Park

2000-03-18	Gänserndorf Safari Park from Port Lympne Zoo

1999-10-30	Port Lympne Zoo from Gänserndorf Safari Park

1998-03-11	Gänserndorf Safari Park from St. Vrain Safaripark

1990-00-00	St. Vrain Safaripark from Soest Zoo

	Soest Zoo from E.A.G. van den Brink

Record history
History of updates	2018-04-08: prev location 2018-10-09: link to EleWiki submitted 2021-09-16: Importer van den Brink

Latest document update	2021-09-16 19:05:37
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Biography

Momo (Maman) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm, in Spain.

Momo (Maman) arrived in 2005-05-27 to the Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm, relocated from the Gänserndorf Safari Park, in Austria.

Social

Momo (Maman) lives together with 3 other elephants at the Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm: (detailed list)

Origin

Momo (Maman) was born wild 1985. and imported 1990 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Comments / pictures

3 females, from Soest to Safari Park St. Vrain, France
G. van den Brink, 2014

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Momo (Maman), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm in Spain. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1380. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm

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Links

Momo (Maman) at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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