Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Nova at Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)

Location

Nova is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo), in Spain.

Nova arrived Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo) 2015-09-29, relocated from Tierpark Berlin, in Germany.

In Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo), Nova lives together with 6 other elephants with records as alive in this database:

1. ♂ Bogor born 2012-05-08
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2. ♀ Cynthia (Chyntia) born 1995-01-12
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3. ♂ Hope born 2020-03-08
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4. ♀ Pilar born 2016-10-12
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5. ♂ Valentino born 2004
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6. ♀ Vera born 2017-03-21
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See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.

Offspring

1. (M) 2005-02-14 Horas EEP id: 200502
2. (F) 2009-08-26 -- † 2009-08-26 stillborn
3. (M) 2012-05-08 Bogor EEP id: 201206
4. (F) 2016-10-12 Pilar EEP id: 201609
5. (M) 2020-03-08 Hope EEP id: 202004

Origin

Nova was born captive-born 1993-11-26 at Taman Safari Indonesia (Bogor Zoo).

In August 1996, Cynthia and Nova were sold to the Berlin Tierpark but were transferred to the Halle Zoo for six years until arriving in Berlin in March 2003.

Contradictory records:

The 2007 European Asian Studbook lists Cynthia and Nova as being transferred to Halle from Indonesia six years before another transfer to Berlin Tierpark, whereas the 2008 version states ownership was taken by Berlin a day before their trip to Halle.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Peter Stolk, Netherlands
• Ryan Easley, USA

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Madrid Zoo (Casa de Campo)
• More elephants from: Spain
• More elephants that was born: 1993-11-26
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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