Chandra
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Zurich Zoo in Switzerland

Biography
♀ Chandra
Identification
EEP nr200204
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 23 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2002-05-14 captive-born
Birth place: in Zurich Zoo
Parents: ♂ Maxi x ♀ Indi
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland
Date of arrival
2002-05-14Zurich Zoo
Record history
History of updates

2017-03-09: link to Elefanten-Fotolexikon (Petra Prager) submitted
2017-03-09: link to ele-wiki submitted
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Chandra is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland.

Chandra arrived in 2002-05-14 to the Zurich Zoo,

Social

Chandra lives together with 5 other elephants at the Zurich Zoo: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Farha born 2005-05-03
  2. ♀ Indi born 1986-02-28
  3. ♀ Panang born 1989-02-13
  4. ♂ Thai born 2004-11-26
  5. ♂ Zali born 2025-04-19


Origin

Chandra was born captive-born 2002-05-14 at Zurich Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Chandra are: ♂ Maxi (father) and ♀ Indi (mother).

Siblings through the father Maxi:

  1. 1984-07-27 -- † 1995-04-02 (F) Komali
  2. 1985-05-24 -- † 1988-07-21 (F) Lohimi
  3. 1986-05-22 -- † 1986-05-22 (F) stillborn
  4. 1989-02-13(F) Panang
  5. 1992-06-13(M) Mac
  6. 1993-12-00 -- † 1993-12-00 () stillborn
  7. 1994-11-14(M) Upali
  8. 1997-09-08 -- † 1999-11-20 (M) Xian
  9. 2000-06-10 -- † 2003-10-15 (M) Aishu
  10. 2005-05-03(F) Farha
  11. 2005-07-24(M) Fahim
  12. 2014-06-17 -- † 2022-07-11 (F) Omysha

Siblings through the mother Indi:

  1. 2005-07-24(M) Fahim
  2. 2014-06-17 - † 2022-07-11 (F) Omysha
  3. 2020-02-05 - † 2022-06-29 (M) Umesh
  4. 2020-02-05 - † 2022-06-28 (M) Umesh

Pedigree

Chandras ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Chandra

Sire (f):
Maxi

Born: 1969
2025-07

 Sire ff:


Born:
2025-07		 Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:


Born:
2025-07		 Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Indi

Born: 1986-02-28
2025-07

 Sire mf:


Born:
2025-07		 Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:


Born:
2025-07		 Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Chandra, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Zurich Zoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=34. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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