Tamba
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Tamba

Identification

SSP nr	45

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 23 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1970 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1993-04-28
Death reason:	euthanised: leg injury
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States

Date of arrival

1974-06-15	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) from Oakland Zoo (Knowland Park)

Record history
History of updates	2010-12-31: Cause of death, Text RE

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Tamba is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1993-04-28 at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States, . Official death reason described as leg injury.

Origin

Tamba was born wild 1970.

Comments / pictures

Tamba was euthanized in April 1993 due to complications of a broken leg in 1991.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Tamba, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=238. (archived at the Wayback machine)

"Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

Litterature about Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

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