Toka
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Toka

Identification

SSP nr	243

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 37 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1964 wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1966 by George Munro
Death
Dead:	†2001-03-05
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo), in United States

Date of arrival

1976-05-10	Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) from International Animal Exchange (Ferndale)

1976-03-08	International Animal Exchange (Ferndale) from Topeka Zoo

1966-07-16	Topeka Zoo from Catskill Game Farm

	Catskill Game Farm from George Munro

Record history
History of updates	2021-09-18: Importer George Munro

Latest document update	2021-09-18 10:47:59

† Toka is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2001-03-05 at Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo), in United States, .

Origin

Toka was born wild 1964. and imported 1966 by George Munro

Comments / pictures

Records about Toka from SSPNorth American Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Toka:

243 F ~ 1964 WILD WILD INDIA ???? NONE Capture Toka
BREMEN ???? ______ Transfer
CATSKILL ???? ______ Transfer
TOPEKA 16-Jul-1966 19766B Transfer
HOGLE 10-May-1976 2 Transfer
5-Mar-2001 Death

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Toka, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Hogle Zoo (Salt City Zoo) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4903. (archived at the Wayback machine)