Indika
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Uda Walawe Nationalpark in Sri Lanka

Biography
♀ Indika


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Alternative name: Sandamaali

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀more than 29 years old (minimum age)
Management:Wild elephant
Origin
Born:* <1995 wild
Birth place:
Capture: 1995 Handapanagala (Southern Sri Lanka)
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 2008 noname (wild, son to Indika)

2. Born 2013 noname (wild, daughter to Indika)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Uda Walawe Nationalpark, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

2001-07-01Uda Walawe Nationalpark
from Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home

Record history
History of updates2021-12-08

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography


Indika is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Uda Walawe Nationalpark, in Sri Lanka.

Indika arrived in 2001-07-01 to the Uda Walawe Nationalpark, relocated from the Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home, in Sri Lanka.


Social

Indika lives together with 67 other elephants at the Uda Walawe Nationalpark:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. 3. ♀ [208] (wild)
  2. 4. ♀ [209] (wild) born <1990
  3. 5. ♂ [209] Ghost (wild)
  4. 6. ♀ 458 (wild)
  5. 7. ♀ Anuradha
  6. 8. ♀ Anusha
  7. 9. ♂ Aravinda
  8. 10. ⚪ Asha
  9. 11. ♂ Baby Blue
  10. 12. ♂ Channa
  11. 13. ♀ Devika
  12. 14. ♀ Emaline
  13. 15. ♀ Ethimali born 2000?
  14. 16. ♂ Gamini
  15. 17. ♂ Hama
  16. 18. ♀ Indivari
  17. 19. ♂ Isuru
  18. 20. ♀ Kanishka
  19. 21. ♀ Komali
  20. 22. ♀ Mahee (wild) born <1994
  21. 23. ♀ Mahika
  22. 24. ♀ Majetwin
  23. 25. ♀ Malani
  24. 26. ♀ Malathie
  25. 27. ♀ Manel
  26. 28. ♂ Marga
  27. 29. ♀ Mathali born <2001
  28. 30. ⚪ Minoli
  29. 31. ♂ Mitsui
  30. 32. ♀ Miyuri
  31. 33. ♂ Nalaka born 2005
  32. 34. ♂ Namal
  33. 35. ♀ Naomi ([111])
  34. 36. ♂ Navaloka
  35. 37. ♀ Nita
  36. 38. ♀ noname (wild, daughter to Indika) born 2013
  37. 39. ♂ noname (wild, son to Indika) born 2008
  38. 40. ♀ Odelle
  39. 41. ♀ Panduka
  40. 42. ♂ Passy
  41. 43. ♀ Premani
  42. 44. ♂ Raja (wild)
  43. 45. ♀ Raka (wild)
  44. 46. ♂ Rambo
  45. 47. ♂ Rohana
  46. 48. ♀ Rohini
  47. 49. ♀ Safari
  48. 50. ♀ Samari
  49. 51. ♀ Sandamali
  50. 52. ⚪ Senani
  51. 53. ♂ St. Anthoniye
  52. 54. ♂ Sumedha
  53. 55. ♀ Thamali
  54. 56. ⚪ Tharos
  55. 57. ♂ Therapuththa born 2004
  56. 58. ♀ Uma born 2009
  57. 59. ⚪ unknown
  58. 60. ⚪ unknown
  59. 61. ⚪ unknown
  60. 62. ⚪ unknown
  61. 63. ⚪ unknown
  62. 64. ⚪ unknown
  63. 65. ⚪ unknown
  64. 66. ⚪ unknown
  65. 67. ⚪ unknown
  66. 68. ⚪ unknown
  67. 69. ♂ William
and possibly other wild elephants which have no record in this database

Offspring


  1. (M) 2008 noname (wild, son to Indika)
  2. (F) 2013 noname (wild, daughter to Indika)


Origin

Indika was born wild <1995, captured 1995 , captured at Handapanagala (Southern Sri Lanka).


Comments / pictures

An elephant drive took place in Handapanagala (Southern Sri Lanka) in 1995 as a measure of mitigating human-elephant conflict in the area. Elephant life disturbed by the drive resulted in a few deaths of Adult animals. One female calf became orphaned following the death of her mother and was rescued by the Department of Wildlife Conservation. The Orphan was named Sandamali and she was among the first arrivals of the Elephant Transit Home (orphan elephant rehabilitation center) in Uda Walawe. She was rehabilitated and released to Uda Walawe national park with a few other orphans in 1998 and when she was about five years old, she was part of the first released batch of the Transit Home.

Not knowing this, we named her Indika when we first met her in 2005, which would have made her twelve years old. Interestingly, the first day we met her she was also in the company of [208]. She was seen roaming with her transit-home-mates like Kithmali, Mattali and Evelyn. By the time Indika (AKA Sandamali) gave birth to her first male calf in 2008 we knew of true background and observed with interest.


Indika in Uda Walawe Nationalpark

Sumedha shows all signs of Musth as he consorts with Indika (Sandamali) in 2011, which include secretions from the temporal glands on the sides of his head and urine dribbling.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Indika, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Uda Walawe Nationalpark in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2685. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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