Plai Phet an Asian elephant at Dusit Zoo (Khao Din)

♂ Plai Phet
Alternative name:	Santa
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 14 years old
Id number
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2007-12-24 captive-born
Birth place:	, number 32 in Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Galaget
Locations
Present / last location:	Dusit Zoo (Khao Din), in Thailand

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

	Dusit Zoo (Khao Din) from Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal

Document updated	2011-04-21: in Dusit 2018-10-13: local id nr, source 2020-11-15: Birth nr 32 added
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Description

Location

Plai Phet is a Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Dusit Zoo (Khao Din), in Thailand.

Phet arrived in Dusit Zoo (Khao Din) unknown date, relocated from Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal, in Thailand.

In Dusit Zoo (Khao Din), Plai Phet lives together with 3 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♀ Pang Aigo born 2007-04-28
⚪ unknown
♀ unknown

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Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Phet was born captive-born as birth number 32 2007-12-24 at Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal.

Parentage

Parents of Plai Phet are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Galaget (mother).

Siblings through the mother Galaget:

2003-03-01(F) Jangraphoa
2011-02-15(M) Valentine
2017-10-02(M) NawmKlao

Pedigree

**Phets pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Phet	Sire:	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Galaget	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Plai Phet, an Asian at Dusit Zoo (Khao Din) in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3497. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Ewa Narkiewicz
http://elephantstay.com/births-2007/

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Categories2007 births | Elephants from Dusit Zoo (Khao Din) | Thailand | Asian elephants

This document was updated: 2020-11-15 13:14:04