Tari
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp in Indonesia

Biography

☨ ♀ Tari

Alternative name:	Kalistha Lestari

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 2 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2023-08-31 captive-born
Birth place:	in Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Lisa
Death
Dead:	†2025-09-10
Death reason:	disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp, in Indonesia

Date of arrival

2023-08-31	Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp
Record history
History of updates	2025-09-16: New record

Latest document update	2025-11-26 11:32:26
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† Tari is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2025-09-10 at Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp, in Indonesia, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus.

Origin

Tari was born captive-born 2023-08-31 at Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp.

Parentage

Parents of Tari are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Lisa (mother).

Siblings through the mother Lisa:

2007-02-23 - † 2015 (F) Nella
2011-01-31(M) Imbo
2016 - † 2024-11-12 (F) Rimbani
2021? - † 2023 (unknown) Ryu

Pedigree

**Taris ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Tari	Sire (f): Born: 2026-03	Sire ff: Born: 2026-03	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: 2026-03	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: 2026-03	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: 2026-03	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Lisa Born: 1977 2026-03	Sire mf: Born: 2026-03	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: 2026-03	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: 2026-03	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born: 2026-03	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

According to a letter from the Bogor Animal Medical Laboratory (Medika Satwa Laboratorium) on September 15, 2025, Tari tested positive for EEHV. The organ samples sent by BTNTN—heart, liver, kidney, lung, and intestine—with sample number 405/IX/25, showed the virus had infected Tari's liver.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Tari, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Tesso Nilo WWF-BKSDA Flying Squad camp in Indonesia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17566. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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