Nidirah (Nadirah) an African savanna elephant at Disneys Animal Kingdom

Location

Nidirah (Nadirah) is a Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Disneys Animal Kingdom, in United States.

Nidirah (Nadirah) arrived in Disneys Animal Kingdom 2005-12-19,

In Disneys Animal Kingdom, Nidirah (Nadirah) lives together with 9 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Donna born 1984
,
2. ♂ Jabali born 2011-08-25
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3. ♀ Kianga born 2004-07-06
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4. ♀ Luna born 2010-05-20
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5. ♂ Maclean (Mac) born 1982
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6. ♀ Rafiki born 1979
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7. ♀ Stella born 2017-01-00
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8. ♂ Tsavo born 2008-06-28
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9. ♀ Vasha born 1985
, (see detailed list).

Origin

Nidirah (Nadirah) was born captive-born 2005-12-19 at Disneys Animal Kingdom.

Parentage

Parents of Nidirah (Nadirah) are: ♂ Jack (Jackson) (father) and ♀ Donna (mother).

Siblings through the father Jack (Jackson):

1. 1998-04-22 -- † 1998-04-22 (M) stillborn
2. 1999-09-12(F) Victoria
3. 2000-09-19(M) Callee
4. 2004-07-06(F) Kianga
5. 2007-03-18 -- † 2010-05-12 (M) Scotty
6. 2008-06-28(M) Tsavo
7. 2008-07-09(F) Angelina
8. 2008-07-25(F) Zuri
9. 2008-10-28 -- † 2008-10-28 () fetal death
10. 2009-07-06 -- † 2009-07-07 (F) Lil Girl
11. 2009-08-10(F) Zuri
12. 2010-02-24 -- † 2010-02-24 () stillborn
13. 2011-06-03(M) Lucas
14. 2011-07-20 -- † 2019-03-26 (F) Kalina
15. 2012-06-28 -- † 2019-03-19 (F) Nyah
16. 2017-05-31 -- † 2017-08-30 () unknown
17. 2019-09-02(M) Fitz

Siblings through the mother Donna:

1. 2010-05-20(F) Luna
2. 2017-01-00(F) Stella

Pedigree

"By the time Nadirah was born, the other elephants were accustomed to the calves, and they became very tolerant. "She became just this little princess," Lehnhardt says. "They allowed her to walk up to virtually any elephant and suckle. Very unusual, wed never seen that before."
John Lehnhardt

In 2003, the decision was made to move Donna, the sole African elephant in the Rio Grande Zoos six elephant group, to the Disney Animal Kingdoms elephant breeding program. At 21 years old, she gave birth to her first calf, Nadirah, a result of natural breeding with Jackson four months after her arrival. She was the fourth calf to be born at the park - three sired by Jackson and a stillbirth sired by Bulwagi.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• John Lehnhardt, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States.
• Ryan Easley, USA
• Disney’s Elephant Breeding Program
• Disneys Baby Elephant Walk, 2008-08-01

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Disneys Animal Kingdom
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 2005-12-19
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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