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Zahara
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Indianapolis Zoo in United States

♀ Zahara
Identification
SSP nr548
Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 17 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2006-08-31 captive-born
Birth place: through
artificial insemination in Indianapolis Zoo
Birth weight 121.00 kgs, 266.20 lbs
Parents: ♂ Ali x ♀ Ivory
Offspring
Total: 1 babies
1. Born 2023-09-04♂ Jabari SSP id: XXXX?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Indianapolis Zoo, in United States
Date of arrival
2006-08-31Indianapolis Zoo
Record history
History of updates2023-03-07: pregnant
2023-09-05: Updated as not pregnant
Latest document update2023-09-05 23:21:26
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Biography

Location

Zahara is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Indianapolis Zoo, in United States.

Zahara arrived in 2006-08-31 to the Indianapolis Zoo, Zahara lives together with 5 other elephants at the Indianapolis Zoo:

  1. ♀ Ivory born 1982
  2. ♂ Jabari born 2023-09-04
  3. ♂ Kedar born 2005-10-18
  4. ♀ Kubwa born 1976
  5. ♀ Tombi born 1976



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Offspring

  1. (M) 2023-09-04 Jabari SSP id: XXXX?

Origin

Zahara was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2006-08-31 at Indianapolis Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Zahara are: ♂ Ali (father) and ♀ Ivory (mother).

Siblings through the father Ali:

  1. 2011-08-25(M) Jabali

Siblings through the mother Ivory:

  1. 2000-08-04(M) Ajani
  2. 2012-06-28 - † 2019-03-19 (F) Nyah

Pedigree

Zaharas ancestral Pedigree:
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Ali

Born: 1991

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Born: 1982

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The Indianapolis Zoo announced their 16-year-old African elephant, Zahara, is pregnant. She is currently 15-months along in her 22-month Pregnancy and is set to give birth in October. The calf will be a third generation in the Herd at the zoo. Zahara is the youngest elephant in the Zoo’s Herd of five elephants. Zahara’s mother, Ivory is 41-years-old.

According to the zoo, the calf will be the first elephant in the world to be born through Artificial insemination to a mother who was also born through the same procedure. The baby's dad is either Cali, who lives at the Omaha Zoo, or Titan, who lives at the Sedgwick County (Kansas) Zoo. DNA testing will be done to determine who the father is.

The first and second elephants in the world to be born through Artificial insemination were at the Indianapolis Zoo in 2000.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Zahara, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Indianapolis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1515. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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