stillborn
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Houston Zoo in United States

Biography

☨* ♂ stillborn

Identification

SSP nr	410

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Stillborn:	☨* 1997-04-26 captive-born (stillborn)
Birth place:	in Houston Zoo

Parents:	♂ Kiba x ♀ Kimba
Death
Dead:	†1997-04-26
Death reason:	☨* stillborn: premature
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Houston Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1997-04-26	Houston Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2009-01-25: New elephant RE 2011-01-02: Death RE

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† stillborn is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1997-04-26 at Houston Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as premature.

Origin

stillborn was born captive-born (stillborn) 1997-04-26 at Houston Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of stillborn are: ♂ Kiba (father) and ♀ Kimba (mother).

Comments / pictures

The breeding of this calf was an accident. His parents were full-blood siblings.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2026). stillborn, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Houston Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4581. (archived at the Wayback machine)

"Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

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