"The baby elephant"
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ "The baby elephant"

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1880
Death reason:	unknown: collapsed and died
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome, in United States

Date of arrival

	P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome from P. T. Barnum

Record history
History of updates	2009-09-27:

Latest document update	2022-04-16 08:30:45

† "The baby elephant" is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1880 at P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome, in United States, . Official death reason described as collapsed and died.

Origin

"The baby elephant" was born wild .

Comments / pictures

1872: Referred to as a baby in 1872: The trained elephant, Janette, and her baby so fine.

1880: Newport – Rained a little in the morning, and while leading the Baby Elephant out of the dressing-room it fell down, and died in a few minutes. (Source: Route Book, Season of 1880, P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth).

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). "The baby elephant", Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at P. T. Barnums Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5705. (archived at the Wayback machine)