Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Maharani (Rani) at Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Location

Maharani (Rani) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Smithsonian National Zoological Park, in United States.

Maharani (Rani) arrived Smithsonian National Zoological Park 2014-05-22, relocated from Calgary Zoo, in Canada.

In Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Maharani (Rani) lives together with 4 other elephants with records as alive in this database:

1. ♀ Bozie born 1975
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2. ♀ Kamala born 1975-09-00
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3. ♂ Spike (Ganesha) born 1981-07-02
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4. ♀ Swarna born 1975
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See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.


Offspring

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1. (F) 2004-11-16 -- † 2004-12-07 Keemaya SSP id: 554
2. (F) 2007-08-09 -- † 2008-11-01 Malti SSP id: 648
3. (M) 2012-10-24 -- † 2012-10-24 miscarriage (twin) SSP id: 745

Origin

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Maharani (Rani) was born captive-born 1990-07-14 at Calgary Zoo.

Parentage

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Parents of Maharani (Rani) are: ♂ Bandara (father) and ♀ Kamala (mother).

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Siblings through the father Bandara:

1. 1986-08-11 -- † 2015-10-22 (M) Calvin (Chanda)

Siblings through the mother Kamala:

1. 1986-08-11 - † 2015-10-22 (M) Calvin (Chanda)

Pedigree

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Maharani (Rani)s ancestral Pedigree:

P	I	II	III
Maharani (Rani)	Sire (f): Bandara Born: 1975-05-25 Dead:	Sire ff: Born: Dead:	Sire fff:
			Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: Dead:	Sire fmf:
			Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Kamala Born: 1975-09-00 Dead:	Sire mf: Born: Dead:	Sire mff:
			Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: Dead:	Sire mmf:
			Dame mmm:

Article at ShowMe Elephants: "Bulls of Zoo Miami," 02/04/2011

When 308 pound Malti was born at the Calgary Zoo, she was the second calf for her 17 year old mother Maharani and 26 years old father Spike. She was a full F2 generation, meaning both of her parents were born in captivity. The first calf born to the pair was rejected at birth and died 3 weeks later of infections.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Brent Van Hooft, Elephant Keeper Calgary Zoo
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Maharani (Google Translated version)

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Smithsonian National Zoological Park
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 1990-07-14
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Maharani (Rani) at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate

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• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
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