Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Karat at Nikolaev Zoo

† Karat is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Nikolaev Zoo, in Ukraine, from disease 1993-05-17. Official death reason described as liver disease. (see detailed list).

Origin

Karat was born captive-born 1952-08-25 at Moscow Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Karat are: ♂ Shango (father) and ♀ Molly (mother).

Siblings through the father Shango:

1. 1941? -- † 1941? () stillborn
2. 1948-08-03 -- † 1970-05-04 (M) Moskwitsch

Siblings through the mother Molly:

1. 1948-08-03 - † 1970-05-04 (M) Moskwitsch

Pedigree

karat came in 1955 to an unknown circus in Russia, from where he was sold to Alma-Ata in 1966.

Karat was by his death one of the oldest captive born elephants worldvide.

Contradictory records:

EEG state arrival in Kiev 1972, EEP state 1971.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
• Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, EEG: Haufellner, Kurt, Schilfarth, Schweiger
• Jonas Livet, France

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Nikolaev Zoo
• More elephants from: Ukraine
• More elephants that was born: 1952-08-25
• More elephants that died: 1993-05-17
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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