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

dead elephant ☨ ♂ Gandhi  dead elephant
Gandhi displayed as museum specimen.
Gandhi as museum specimen.
Taxidermy locationMacleay Museum, Sydney, Australia
Identification
ASMP nr28
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 56 years old
Origin
Born:* 1912 wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead: †1968-04-19
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Sydney Zoo, in Australia
Date of arrival
1950-05-15Sydney Zoo
from Bullen's Circus
Record history
History of updates2010-04-24: text, picture.
2010-05-23: dates, asmp nr.
Latest document update2020-10-26 08:28:59
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† Gandhi is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1968-04-19 at Sydney Zoo, in Australia, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Macleay Museum, in Sydney, Australia.

Origin

Gandhi was born wild 1912 at Asia unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

Gandhi in Sydney Zoo
Photo of Gandhis head at Macleay Museum, Sydney University.

After his death, Gandhi was decapitated by Mark Jolly in 1968, and exhibited at the Dental Hospital, later at the Macleay Museum at Sydney University, where it hangs above a staircase to this day.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Gandhi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sydney Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2070. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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