Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Mysore II at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation

☨ ♀ Mysore II

Identification

SSP nr	416

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 73 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1948 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1951
Death
Dead:	†2021-05-00
Death reason:	age:
Locations
Present / last location:	Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

1986-00-00	Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit) 1985-00-00 from Diano Brothers Circus Diano Brothers Circus 1952-00-00 from Hamid-Morton Circus Hamid-Morton Circus 1949-00-00 from Mysore Zoo

Document updated	2012-02-21: blue unit 2012-05-29: Retired RE 2021-05: reported dead
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Description

† Mysore II is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, in United States, from age 2021-05-00. (see detailed list).

Origin

Mysore II was born wild 1948, captured 1951 .

Comments / pictures

By her death, the third oldest elephant in the world, of elephants submitted in the Elephant Database.

Records about Mysore II from Bob Cline
1949 - arrives in U.S. with Bombay & Siam
1949 to 1952 - Hamid Morton Circus
1953 - Diano Bros. Circus
1954 to 1985 - Diano Elephant Act
1985-sold to RBBB
1994-44 years old
RBBB Program says 8,700 pounds
1985 to Present - RBBB

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Mysore II, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 25 July 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2338. (archived at the Wayback machine)