Tucker an Asian elephant at Houston Zoo

Location

Tucker is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Houston Zoo, in United States.

Tucker arrived Houston Zoo 2008-09-12, relocated from Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson), in United States.

In Houston Zoo, Tucker lives together with 12 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♂ Baylor born 2010-05-04
,
2. ♂ Duncan born 2014-02-08
,
3. ♀ Joy born 2017-07-12
,
4. ♀ Methai (Me Thai) born 1969
,
5. ♂ Nelson born 2020-05-12
,
6. ♀ Shanti born 1990-10-11
,
7. ♂ Teddy born 2021-05-16
,
8. ♀ Tess born 1981
,
9. ♂ Thai (Thailand) born 1965
,
10. ♀ Tilly born 2018-06-17
,
11. ♀ Tupelo born 2010-10-03
,
12. ♀ Winnie born 2021-03-10
, (see detailed list).

Origin

Tucker was born captive-born 2005-05-12 at Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson).

Parentage

Parents of Tucker are: ♂ Tusko (Sobik) (father) and ♀ Tess (mother).

Siblings through the father Tusko (Sobik):

1. 1993-05-02(M) Nikolai
2. 1994-02-27(F) Natasha
3. 2006-12-12 -- † 2010-06-22 (M) JP
4. 2008-08-23(M) Sam (Samudra)
5. 2012-11-30 -- † 2018-11-29 (F) Lily

Siblings through the mother Tess:

1. 1998-07-30 - † 1999-03-22 (F) Annie
2. 2010-10-03(F) Tupelo
3. 2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
4. 2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
5. 2018-06-17(F) Tilly
6. 2021-05-16(M) Teddy

Pedigree

In September 2008, Tess and her son Tucker were loaned from Gary Johnson's Have Trunk Will Travel to the Houston Zoo. Tess was slated to return after a breeding loan arrangement. The transfer occured less than a year after the death of two year old Mac from the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes virus.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
  

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Houston Zoo
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 2005-05-12
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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