Ivory an African savanna elephant at Indianapolis Zoo

♀ Ivory

Identification

SSP nr	218

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 39 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1982 wild
Birth place:	in Hwange National Park (Wankie game reserve)
Capture:	1984
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 2000-08-04	♂ Ajani SSP id: 515

2. Born 2006-08-31	♀ Zahara SSP id: 548

3. Born 2012-06-28 (dead † 2019-03-19)	♀ Nyah
Locations
Present / last location:	Indianapolis Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1984-09-05	Indianapolis Zoo from International Animal Exchange (Ferndale) International Animal Exchange (Ferndale) 1978-07-00 from Hwange National Park (Wankie game reserve)

Document updated	2009-11-19: Previous locations, Birth, SSP RE 2011-07-20: Pregnant RE 2012-05-11: Management, Text RE 2014-02-05: not pregnant
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Ivory is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), located at Indianapolis Zoo, in United States.

Ivory arrived Indianapolis Zoo 1984-09-05, relocated from International Animal Exchange (Ferndale), in United States.

In Indianapolis Zoo, Ivory lives together with 4 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Ivory, an African savanna elephant at Indianapolis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1513. (archived at the Wayback machine)