Garniers elephant
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Garnier in Germany

Biography

☨ ⚪ Garniers elephant
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Padua Museum of Zoology, in Italy

Date of arrival

1819-00-00	Padua Museum of Zoology, Padova, Italy

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1819
Death reason:	shot: shot with canon
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Garnier, in Germany

Date of arrival

1816-11-00	Garnier from William I of Württemberg

1816-00-00	William I of Württemberg from Royal menageri of Stuttgart

	Royal menageri of Stuttgart from Frederick of Württemberg

	Frederick of Württemberg from Asia unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2012-03-13:

Latest document update	2021-07-29 14:53:54

† Garniers elephant is a dead Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1819 at Garnier, in Germany, . Official death reason described as shot with canon.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Padua Museum of Zoology, in Padova, Italy, since 1819-00-00.

Origin

Garniers elephant was born wild at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Executed with a canon in Venezia. The skin and Skeleton was taken to the University of Padua, Italy.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Garniers elephant, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Garnier in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5310. (archived at the Wayback machine)