Kibo
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Bioparc Valencia in Spain

Biography

☨ ♂ Kibo
Kibo and Shona. Photo: Markus Svedin, Boras Zoo

Identification

EEP nr	7704

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 45 years old
Body height:	3.10 meter, 10.2 feet
Body weight:	5300.00 kg, 11660.00 lbs
Origin
Born:	* 1977-11-27 captive-born
Birth place:	in Hannover Zoo

Parents:	♂ Tembo x ♀ Beira
Death
Dead:	†2022-07-08?
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 5 babies

1. Born 2001-08-13	♀ Kwanza EEP id: 20008

2. Born 2003-03-29 (dead † 2004-12-09)	♀ Pili EEP id: 200302?

3. Born 2005-05-05	♀ Panzi EEP id: 20035

4. Born 2008-08-11 (dead † 2021-06-18?)	♂ M´changa EEP id: 200800

5. Born 2013-05-21	♂ Jabu EEP id: 201301?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Bioparc Valencia, in Spain

Date of arrival

2013-09-00	Bioparc Valencia from Boras Zoo

1986-05-05	Boras Zoo from Hannover Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2013-10-16: correction present location 2018-09-15: link to EleWiki submitted 2020-05-12: weight and height 2022-07-09: Updated as dead

Latest document update	2022-07-09 05:51:43
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† Kibo is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2022-07-08? at Bioparc Valencia, in Spain, .

Affiliated people

1: Dan Koehl (elephant keeper from 1997 to 1997 )

Offspring

Total: 5 babies

(F) 2001-08-13 Kwanza EEP id: 20008
(F) 2003-03-29 -- † 2004-12-09 Pili EEP id: 200302?
(F) 2005-05-05 Panzi EEP id: 20035
(M) 2008-08-11 -- † 2021-06-18? M´changa EEP id: 200800
(M) 2013-05-21 Jabu EEP id: 201301?

Origin

Kibo was born captive-born 1977-11-27 at Hannover Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Kibo are: ♂ Tembo (father) and ♀ Beira (mother).

Siblings through the father Tembo:

1968-06-04 -- † 1968-06-18 (F) Tangi
1973-03-29 -- † 1979 (M) Hannibal
1974-09-18 -- † 1974-09-18 (F) miscarriage

Pedigree

**Kibos ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Kibo	Sire (f): Tembo Born: 1951 2025-07	Sire ff: Born: 2025-07	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: 2025-07	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-07	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-07	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Beira Born: 1952 2025-07	Sire mf: Born: 2025-07	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: 2025-07	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-07	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-07	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Kibo in Bioparc Valencia

Kibo as baby. Photo: Wayne A. Jackson, Canada.

Rolf Amelung, training the young africans in December 1981.
Photo: Wayne A. Jackson, Canada

During my practice in Hannover 1984 under head elephant keeper Rolf Amelung, Rolf told me they wanted to sell the bull. Back in Sweden I spoke with Boras Zoo who had two young african females, suggesting themto buy Kibo. The Zoologist Nisse Hillden found the idea good, and Kibo was sold to Borås Zoo in Sweden in 1986.
Dan Koehl

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kibo, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Bioparc Valencia in Spain. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=148. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Wayne A. Jackson, Canada
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Dan Koehl
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Kibo_(Valencia) (Google Translated version)

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Links

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Kibo 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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