Gipsy (Gypsie)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden

☨ ♀ Gipsy (Gypsie)
Gipsy (left), Donkey (right) and head elephant keeper Sven Mellgren.
Taxidermy location	Kolmarden Zoo, Kolmarden, Sweden

Identification

Local id Number	3433

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 12 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1972 wild
Birth place:	in Africa unspecified location
Capture:	1973
Death
Dead:	†1984-09-14
Death location:	Kolmarden Zoo
Death reason:	disease: collapsed. Meningitis?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kolmarden Zoo, in Sweden

Date of arrival

1973-04-18	Kolmarden Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2010-05-27: removed herpesvirus as death reason 2012-07-05: arrival date 2021-11-20: Born in Africa

Latest document update	2021-11-20 13:17:02
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Biography

† Gipsy (Gypsie) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1984-09-14 at Kolmarden Zoo, in Sweden, . Official death reason described as collapsed. Meningitis?.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Kolmarden Zoo, in Kolmarden, Sweden, since 1984-09-14.

Origin

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Gipsy (Gypsie), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2160. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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