Ceylon
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Knie in Switzerland

Biography

☨ ♀ Ceylon

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1963
Death reason:	maternal death: died three months after emergency caesarean section
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1963-02-15 (dead † 1994-12-23)	♂ Sahib Fridolin EEP id: 6304
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Circus Knie, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

	Circus Knie
Record history
History of updates	2022-04-01

Latest document update	2021-11-20 00:46:09
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† Ceylon is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1963 at Circus Knie, in Switzerland, . Official death reason described as died three months after emergency caesarean section .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

Origin

Comments / pictures

According to Gerhard zapf Ceylon died apr three months after the birth.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ceylon, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Knie in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3199. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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