Lil Girl an African savanna elephant at Memphis Zoo

☨ ♀ Lil Girl

Identification

SSP nr	568

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ < 1, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 2009-07-06 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Memphis Zoo

Parents:	♂ Jack (Jackson) x ♀ Asali
Death
Dead date:	† 2009-07-07
Death reason:	killed: by mother
Locations
Present / last location:	Memphis Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2009-07-06	Memphis Zoo

Document updated	2009-07-08: New elephant RE 2009-07-27: Name, Text RE 2009-08-12: Father RE 2009-09-26: born through AI 2010-10-17: Birth RE 2011-06-11: SSP RE
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Description

† Lil Girl is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant, (Loxodonta africana), who died at Memphis Zoo, in United States, of killed in 2009-07-07. Official death reason described as by mother. (see detailed list).

Origin

Lil Girl was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2009-07-06 at Memphis Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Lil Girl are: ♂ Jack (Jackson) (father) and ♀ Asali (mother).

Siblings through the father Jack (Jackson):

1998-04-22 -- † 1998-04-22 (M) stillborn
1999-09-12(F) Victoria
2000-09-19(M) Callee
2004-07-06(F) Kianga
2005-12-19(F) Nidirah (Nadirah)
2007-03-18 -- † 2010-05-12 (M) Scotty
2008-06-28(M) Tsavo
2008-07-09(F) Angelina
2008-07-25(F) Zuri
2008-10-28 -- † 2008-10-28 () fetal death
2009-08-10(F) Zuri
2010-02-24 -- † 2010-02-24 () stillborn
2011-06-03 -- † 2021-04-10? (M) Lucas
2011-07-20 -- † 2019-03-26 (F) Kalina
2012-06-28 -- † 2019-03-19 (F) Nyah
2017-05-31 -- † 2017-08-30 () unknown
2019-09-02(M) Fitz

Pedigree

**Lil Girls pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Lil Girl	Sire: Jack (Jackson)	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Asali	Sire: Macho (Tantar)	Sire:
		Sire: Macho (Tantar)	Dame:
		Dame: Juju	Sire:
		Dame: Juju	Dame:

Comments / pictures

The calf was the first born at the Overton Park Zoo. The father is assumed to be Jackson, the most prolific African elephant sire in the United States via artificial insemination.

According to Overton Park Zoo "The calf stumbled while walking through the exhibit shortly before 10:00am Wednesday morning.

Asali was trying to assist the calf back to its feet when she accidentally injured the newborn with her tusk."

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Lil Girl, an African savanna elephant at Memphis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 May 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4752. (archived at the Wayback machine)