Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Maha Kumari at Copenhagen Zoo

♀ Maha Kumari

Identification

EEP nr	200706

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2007-05-09 captive-born
Birth place:	in Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)

Parents:	♂ Bindu x ♀ Thiha Phyu
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 2017-01-28	♂ Jung Bul Kne EEP id: 201704
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

2019-09-13	Copenhagen Zoo from Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)

Record history
History of updates	2013-12-19: pregnant 2016-01-04: eep nr 2018-05-04: not pregnant 2019-09-13: Transferred to Copenhagen

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

Location

Maha Kumari is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark.

Maha Kumari arrived Copenhagen Zoo 2019-09-13, relocated from Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo), in Germany.

In Copenhagen Zoo, Maha Kumari lives together with 5 other elephants with records as alive in this database:

♂ Jung Bul Kne born 2017-01-28
♀ Pang Kungrao born 1998
♀ Mun born 2020-10-01
♂ Plai Sak born 2017-05-17
♀ Surin born 1998

See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(M) 2017-01-28 Jung Bul Kne EEP id: 201704

Origin

Maha Kumari was born captive-born 2007-05-09 at Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Maha Kumari are: ♂ Bindu (father) and ♀ Thiha Phyu (mother).

Siblings through the father Bindu:

1987-12-08 -- † 1987-12-08 (F) stillborn
1990-06-24 -- † 1990-06-24 (F) stillborn (twin)
1990-07-22 -- † 1990-07-22 (F) stillborn (twin)
1993-06-21 -- † 1993-06-21 (M) stillborn
1998-08-20 -- † 1999-07-26 (M) Ashoka
2002-08-00 -- † 2002-08-00 (M) killed
2008-03-11 -- † 2008-03-11 () stillborn
2009-07-27(M) Khin Yadanar Min
2012-07-25(F) Bindi
2016-03-16(M) La Min Kyaw
2020-06-18(F) Leev Ma Rie

Siblings through the mother Thiha Phyu:

1997-12-23 - † 2017-04-00 (M) Tsje Pyan
2002-03-04 - † 2017-04-00 (M) Aung Si

Pedigree

**Maha Kumaris ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Maha Kumari	Sire: Bindu Born: 1968	Sire: Born:	Sire:
		Sire: Born:	Dame:
		Dame: Born:	Sire:
		Dame: Born:	Dame:
	Dame: Thiha Phyu Born: 1980-05-01 Dead:	Sire: Born: Dead:	Sire:
		Sire: Born: Dead:	Dame:
		Dame: Born: Dead:	Sire:
		Dame: Born: Dead:	Dame:

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Maha Kumari, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2817. (archived at the Wayback machine)