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

♀ Tonji (Makena)

Identification

SSP nr	558

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

2007-11-07	Montgomery Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2009-01-27: Previous locations, SSP, Birth

Latest document update	2020-10-18 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:

♀ Star (Timba) born 1982
♀ Tina (Tanya) born 1984

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

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:

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

Pedigree

**Tonji (Makena)s ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Tonji (Makena)	Sire (f): Sdudla Born: 1990	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Tina (Tanya) Born: 1984	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

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)

Sources used for this article is among others:

The City of Montgomery Zoo
James Hackner
Ryan Easley, USA

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More elephants from: Montgomery Zoo
More elephants from: United States
More elephants that was born: 2007-11-07
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

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Categories2007 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Montgomery Zoo | United States | African savanna elephants

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