Jumb (Jumbo II)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Jumb (Jumbo II)

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1913-04-00
Death reason:	accident: in the Floods in Peru, Indiana
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1907-00-00	Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus from Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus

1906-00-00	Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus from Frank Bostock Circus

Record history
History of updates	2009-01-30: death 2012-03-10: text 2013-04-17: text

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

† Jumb (Jumbo II) is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1913-04-00 at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as in the Floods in Peru, Indiana.

Origin

Jumb (Jumbo II) was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Jumb (Jumbo II) from Bob Cline

JUMB 1905 - Frank Bostock Wild Animal Shows
African Female 1906 - Carl Hagenbeck Wild Animal Shows
1906 - sold to Ben Wallace in the fall
1907 to 1913 - Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Died - April 1913 in the Floods in Peru, IND.
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Jumb (Jumbo II), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4605. (archived at the Wayback machine)