Shiva an Asian elephant at Binkadakatti Zoo

♀ Shiva
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Id number
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* captive-born
Birth place:	in Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo

Parents:	♂ Vanaraja (Vanaraj) x ♀ Suvarna
Locations
Present / last location:	Binkadakatti Zoo, in India

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

	Binkadakatti Zoo from Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo

Document updated	2011-02-26: name
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Description

Location

Shiva is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Binkadakatti Zoo, in India.

Shiva arrived in Binkadakatti Zoo unknown date, relocated from Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, in India.

In Binkadakatti Zoo, Shiva lives as single living elephant in this location (see detailed list).

Origin

Shiva was born captive-born at Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Shiva are: ♂ Vanaraja (Vanaraj) (father) and ♀ Suvarna (mother).

Siblings through the father Vanaraja (Vanaraj):

1984-00-00(F) Vanitha (Vanita)
2007-01-29(F) Vanashree

Siblings through the mother Suvarna:

(F) Gokula
1984-00-00(F) Vanitha (Vanita)
2007-01-29(F) Vanashree
2009-08-03(M) Gajendra
2015-06-20(unknown) Unknown
2017-09-22(M) unknown
2020-08-17(F) Sudha

Pedigree

**Shivas pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Shiva	Sire: Vanaraja (Vanaraj)	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:
	Dame: Suvarna	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Shiva, an Asian at Binkadakatti Zoo in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 February 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4815. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_attaboy-bbp-cheers-new-elephant-calf_1279547

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CategoriesElephants from Binkadakatti Zoo | India | Single living | Asian elephants

This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24