Seedor Anura an Asian elephant at Tama Zoological Park

Location

Seedor Anura is a Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Tama Zoological Park, in Japan.

Anura arrived in Tama Zoological Park 1958-04-28, relocated from Ueno Zoo, in Japan.

In Tama Zoological Park, Seedor Anura lives together with 5 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Ai (Ako) born 1965
,
2. ♀ Amara born 2004-10-29
,
3. ♀ Chiki (Cheeki) born 1976
,
4. ♂ Tomu born 2009-03-17
,
5. ♂ Vidula born 2007-08-25
, (see detailed list).

Origin

Seedor Anura was born wild 1953.

Film on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsgYeR0VfKY

The elephant Anura was named after National Heritage Minister Anura Bandaranaike, and donated by Minister Bandaranaiake’s father Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike in 1957 to Japanese Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Emperor Hirohito.Anura meets Anura in Japan

Sources used for this article is among others:

• http://www.nation.lk/2007/05/13/news2.htm
  
• http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/event/2007/5/1173380_848.html
  
• http://showmeelephants.blogspot.com/2011/08/tama-zoological-park.html
  
• Jonas Livet, France

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Tama Zoological Park
• More elephants from: Japan
• More elephants that was born: 1953
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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