Beco
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in United States

Location

Beco is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in United States.

Beco arrived in 2009-03-27 to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Beco lives together with 6 other elephants at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium:

1. ♀ Connie born 1973
2. ♂ Frankie born 2021-06-17
3. ♂ Hank born 1988-01-16
4. ♀ Phoebe born 1987-05-15
5. ♀ Rudy born 2002-01-29
6. ♀ Sundara born 2008-11-09

Origin

Beco was born captive-born 2009-03-27 at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

Parentage

Siblings through the father Coco (Sultan):

1. 1999-02-15 -- † 1999-02-15 (M) stillborn
2. 2004-04-16(M) Bodhi

Siblings through the mother Phoebe:

1. 1993-11-16 - † 1993-11-16 (F) miscarriage
2. 1999-10-21(M) George
3. 2004-04-16(M) Bodhi
4. 2018-12-06 - † 2018-12-26 (F) Ellie
5. 2021-06-17(M) Frankie

Pedigree

Beco was named following a "Name the Baby" through a combination of the names of the calf's parents, Phoebe and Coco.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Harry Peachey, Columbus Zoo
• Ryan Easley, USA
• Columbus Zoo Trumpets News of Elephant Birth, 2009-03-27
• "Baby elephant no longer nameless", Elephant-News.com, 2009-05-10

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 2009-03-27
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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• elephant-news.com
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• Buckles Blog
• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
• elefanten.wikia
• Google Internet search
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