Rose-Tu (twin)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States

♀ Rose-Tu (twin)

Identification

SSP nr	361

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 29 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1994-08-31 captive-born
Birth place:	in Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)

Parents:	♂ Hugo x ♀ Me-Tu
Offspring
Total: 2 babies

1. Born 2008-08-23	♂ Sam (Samudra) SSP id: 649

2. Born 2012-11-30 (dead † 2018-11-29)	♀ Lily SSP id: 743
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States

Date of arrival

1994-08-31	Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo)
Record history
History of updates	2010-11-20: Text RE 2011-10-21: eight months pregnant 2012-04-30: twin 2012-12-04: not pregnant

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Rose-Tu (twin) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), in United States.

Rose-Tu (twin) arrived in 1994-08-31 to the Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo), Rose-Tu (twin) lives together with 4 other elephants at the Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo):

♀ Chendra born 1993
♂ Sam (Samudra) born 2008-08-23
♂ Samson born 1998-05-04
♀ Sung-Surin (Shine) born 1982-12-26

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

(M) 2008-08-23 Sam (Samudra) SSP id: 649
(F) 2012-11-30 -- † 2018-11-29 Lily SSP id: 743

Origin

Rose-Tu (twin) was born captive-born 1994-08-31 at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo).

Parentage

Parents of Rose-Tu (twin) are: ♂ Hugo (father) and ♀ Me-Tu (mother).

Siblings through the father Hugo:

1987-05-24(M) Prince (Chang Dee)
1991-10-06 -- † 1991-10-07 (M) none
1994-08-31 -- † 1994-08-31 (F) noname (Twin)

Siblings through the mother Me-Tu:

1973-01-09 - † 1976 (M) Stretch (Tuskanini)
1975-05-10 - † 1975-12-02 (M) noname
1978-05-19 - † 2016-01-17 (M) Mr. Ed (Khun Chorn, Khun-Chorn, K-C)
1987-05-24(M) Prince (Chang Dee)
1994-08-31 - † 1994-08-31 (F) noname (Twin)

Pedigree

**Rose-Tu (twin)s ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Rose-Tu (twin)	Sire (f): Hugo Born: 1960	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Me-Tu Born: 1962-10-02	Sire mf: Thonglaw Born: 1947-00-00	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Thonglaw Born: 1947-00-00	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Rosy Born: 1951	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Rosy Born: 1951	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Rose-Tu was born in August 1994. She was one of a set of twins; the other calf was stillborn.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Rose-Tu (twin), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Portland Zoo (Metro Washington Park Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 September 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=456. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

"Oregon Zoo elephant Rose-Tu is pregnant," Elephant-News.com, 2007-10-01

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