Thisiam an Asian elephant at Knies Kinderzoo

♂ Thisiam
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 23 years old
Id numberEEP Number: 9804
Body height: 3.19 meter, 10.5 feet
Body weight: 6800.00 kg, 14960.00 lbs
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 1998-05-04 captive-born
Birth place: in Paris Zoo Vincennes
Parents: ♂ Siam x ♀ Kaveri (Cauvery)
Locations
Present / last location:Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2015-08-05Knies Kinderzoo
from Katowice Zoo
Katowice Zoo 2009-11-26
from Plock Zoo
Plock Zoo 2002-10-16
from Paris Zoo Vincennes
Document updated2009-11-30:relocated to Katovice
2015-12-29: transfer
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Description

Location

Thisiam is a Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland.

Thisiam arrived in Knies Kinderzoo 2015-08-05, relocated from Katowice Zoo, in Poland.

In Knies Kinderzoo, Thisiam lives together with 7 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Ceylon II born 1970
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Kalaya born 2013-11-01
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Mapalay born 1986
    4. ,
  4. ♂ Mekong born ~1982
    5. ,
  5. ♀ Rani born 1982
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Sabu born 1984
    7. ,
  7. ♀ Sandry born 1999-11-27
    8. , (see detailed list).

Origin

Thisiam was born captive-born 1998-05-04 at Paris Zoo Vincennes.

Parentage

Parents of Thisiam are: ♂ Siam (father) and ♀ Kaveri (Cauvery) (mother).

Siblings through the father Siam:

  1. 1963-02-15 -- † 1994-12-23 (M) Sahib Fridolin
  2. 1965-08-04 -- † 1984-06-21 (F) Madura
  3. 1972-06-17 -- † 1972-06-17 () stillborn
  4. 1972-08-13 -- † 1972-08-13 (F) stillborn
  5. 1976-03-13 -- † 1976-08 (F) August
  6. 1978-06-21 -- † 2018/2019? (M) Kim
  7. 1982-06-12 -- † 2000-04-16 (F) Kuala
  8. 1987-03-28 -- † 1987-04-21 (F) Lola
  9. 1989-02-28 -- † 1997-09-25 (M) John (Ben)
  10. 1990-03-31 -- † 2000-06-19 (M) Poona (Salem)
  11. 1992-03-27 -- † 2009-10-29 (M) Sammy
  12. 1993-10-01(F) Nina
  13. 1996-03-17 -- † 1996-03-17 (F) stillborn (twin)
  14. 1996-07-01 -- † 1996-07-01 (M) stillborn (twin)

Siblings through the mother Kaveri (Cauvery):

  1. 1990-03-31 - † 2000-06-19 (M) Poona (Salem)
  2. 1993-10-01(F) Nina
  3. 2009-05-00 - † 2009-05-00 (F) miscarriage

Pedigree

Thisiams pedigree:
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Exact date unknown for relocation to Kataowice



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Thisiam, an Asian at Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 February 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=188. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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    This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24


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