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

Location

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

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

1. ♀ Bozie born 1975
2. ♀ Kamala born 1975-09-00
3. ♂ Spike (Ganesha) born 1981-07-02
4. ♀ Swarna born 1975

Offspring

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

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

Parentage

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

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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