Ranee
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sydney Zoo in Australia

Biography

☨ ♀ Ranee

Identification

ASMP nr	36

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 43 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1955 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1962? by Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)
Death
Dead:	†1998-11-29
Death reason:	anesthesia: collapsed 3 days after vaginal tumoural growth operation
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Sydney Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

1962-11-01	Sydney Zoo from Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)

Record history
History of updates	2010-05-23: corrected death date, prev. location 2021-09-18: Importer Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)

Latest document update	2021-09-18 11:21:27
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† Ranee is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1998-11-29 at Sydney Zoo, in Australia, . Official death reason described as collapsed 3 days after vaginal tumoural growth operation.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ranee, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sydney Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2069. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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