Kiran
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Leipzig Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♂ Kiran

Identification

EEP nr	202001

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 2020-01-11 captive-born
Birth place:	in Leipzig Zoo
Birth weight	140.00 kgs, 308.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ Voi Nam x ♀ Rani
Death
Dead:	†2021-06-18
Death reason:	disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus EEHV1
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Leipzig Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

2020-01-11	Leipzig Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2021-06-29: confirmed herpes virus

Latest document update	2021-06-28 21:05:30
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† Kiran is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2021-06-18 at Leipzig Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus EEHV1.

Origin

Kiran was born captive-born 2020-01-11 at Leipzig Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Kiran are: ♂ Voi Nam (father) and ♀ Rani (mother).

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kiran, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Leipzig Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16844. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Links

Kiran at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
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