Jessie
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Sydney Zoo in Australia

Biography

☨ ♀ Jessie
This photo is Jessie and Sarina. Jessie died 1939.

Identification

ASMP nr	4

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 64 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1875 unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1939-09-26
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Sydney Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

1916-00-00	Sydney Zoo from Sydney Zoo (Moore Park)

1883-11-15	Sydney Zoo (Moore Park) from Calcutta Alipore Zoo (Alipore Zoological gardens)

Record history
History of updates	2009-03-07: image text correction -Jill, +Sarina 2011-05-29: country of origin 2013-05-21: studbook box 2017-03-09: news link 2017-03-09: link to ele-wiki submitted

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Jessie is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1939-09-26 at Sydney Zoo, in Australia, .

Origin

Jessie was born unknown 1875.

Comments / pictures

In 1934 was approximately 55 years of age.

Contradictory records:
:
Guidebook of 1934 claims she came from India in 1882.

Records about Jessie from Australasian Region Asian Elephant Studbook (2011)
4 F ~ 1875 WILD WILD CALCUTTA ~ 1875 NONE Birth JESSIE
SYDNEY 15 Nov 1883 188302 Transfer
26 Sep 1939 Death
[Death by: Unknown means]

Jessie on elephant-news.com

Jessie is mentioned on Elephant News:

Articles where Jessie is mentioned on elephant-news.com
Date	Links which opens in new window
2016-09-24	Taronga zoo to recreate 'operation noah's ark' to celebrate 100th birthday - Elephant News

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Jessie, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Sydney Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=38. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Australasian Region Asian Elephant Studbook (2011) Compiled by Jan Steele, Australia
Guidebook of 1934, through Peter Stolk, Netherlands
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Taronga_Zoo (Google Translated version)

Litterature about Sydney Zoo