Plai Somlak
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Plai Somrak at Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary

♂ Plai Somlak

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Management:	Wild elephant
Origin
Born:	* unknown
Birth place:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2012-04-17	⚪ Unnamed
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2006-07-07	Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary
Record history
History of updates	2013-05-11

Latest document update	2025-02-28 08:44:58

This record may be a duplicate record with Plai Somrak at Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary

Biography

Plai Somlak is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary, in Thailand.

Somlak arrived in 2006-07-07 to the Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary,

Social

Somlak lives together with 19 other elephants at the Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary: (detailed list)

and possibly other wild elephants which have no record in this database

Total: 1 babies

Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Somlak was born unknown .

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Somlak, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1910. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Sublanka Wildlife Sanctuary

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