Yang Niu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center in China

Biography

♀ Yang Niu

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 11 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2015 wild
Birth place:	in Puer prefecture
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center, in China

Date of arrival

2015-08-17	Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center from Puer prefecture

Record history
History of updates	2026-02-11

Latest document update	2023-09-07 14:01:23

Biography

Yang Niu is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center, in China.

Yang Niu arrived in 2015-08-17 to the Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center, relocated from the Puer prefecture, in China.

Social

Yang Niu lives together with 28 other elephants at the Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center: (detailed list)

1. ⚪ Longlong born 2021-05-00
2. ⚪ Ranran
3. ⚪ unknown
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25. ⚪ unknown
26. ⚪ Wen Wen born 2021-08-00
27. ⚪ Yishuang born 2017-12-22
28. ⚪ Yongyong

Origin

Yang Niu was born wild 2015 at Puer prefecture.

Comments / pictures

Orphan. The calf was found abandoned on August 17, 2015, near a village in Puer city when it was not in good form.

Villagers gave the feeble calf water and food immediately before contacting the rescue center. Knowing that the calf needed milk, a villager brought three goats from 100 kilometers away. The elephant was born in the Year of the Goat, and fed with goat milk, so villagers called it dearly, "Yang Niu," which means "goat girl" in Chinese.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Yang Niu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Xishuangbanna Yunnan Asian elephant breeding center in China. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16971. (archived at the Wayback machine)