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Tonji (Makena)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Montgomery Zoo in United States

♀ Tonji (Makena)

Identification

SSP nr558

Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 16 years old
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2007-11-07 captive-born
Birth place: in Montgomery Zoo

Parents: Sdudla x ♀ Tina (Tanya)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Montgomery Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

2007-11-07Montgomery Zoo
Record history
History of updates2009-01-27: Previous locations, SSP, Birth

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

Location


Tonji (Makena) is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Montgomery Zoo, in United States.

Tonji (Makena) arrived in 2007-11-07 to the Montgomery Zoo, Tonji (Makena) lives together with 2 other elephants at the Montgomery Zoo:

  1. Star (Timba) born 1982
  2. Tina (Tanya) born 1984

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Origin


Tonji (Makena) was born captive-born 2007-11-07 at Montgomery Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Tonji (Makena) are: ♂ Sdudla (father) and ♀ Tina (Tanya) (mother).

Siblings through the father Sdudla:

  1. 2008-08-14 -- † 2008-09-13 (M) noname
  2. 2012-12-23() Mpumi (Mpumelelo)
  3. 2013-07-29(F) Mavi

Pedigree


Tonji (Makena)s ancestral Pedigree:
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Tonji (Makena)

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Sdudla

Born: 1990

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Tina (Tanya)

Born: 1984

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Comments / pictures

Makena means “happy one” in Swahili, an African language.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Tonji (Makena), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Montgomery Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 June 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3306. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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