Jake
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Denver Zoo in United States

♂ Jake

Identification

SSP nr	687

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 13 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2009-11-02 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in African Lion Safari (Ontario)
Birth weight	122.00 kgs, 268.40 lbs

Parents:	♂ Rex (Bimbo, Barney) x ♀ Natasha
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Denver Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

2018-10-08	Denver Zoo from African Lion Safari (Ontario)

Record history
History of updates	2010-07-16: parents, birth year 2010-07-17: weight 2010-11-14: Birth, SSP, Text RE 2018-10-08: transferred to Denver

Latest document update	2020-11-02 18:45:17
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Biography

Location

Jake is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Denver Zoo, in United States.

Jake arrived in 2018-10-08 to the Denver Zoo, relocated from the African Lion Safari (Ontario), in Canada.

Jake lives together with 4 other elephants at the Denver Zoo:

♂ Billy (Budi) born 2008-02-17
♂ Bodhi born 2004-04-16
♂ Chuck born 2008-07-15
♂ Groucho born 1971

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Origin

Jake was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2009-11-02 at African Lion Safari (Ontario).

Parentage

Parents of Jake are: ♂ Rex (Bimbo, Barney) (father) and ♀ Natasha (mother).

Siblings through the father Rex (Bimbo, Barney):

2005-11-04(F) Opal
2006-04-13 -- † 2006-04-13 (M) Logan
2006-04-23(F) Emily
2008-07-15(M) Chuck
2014-12-22(F) Achara
2018-10-09(F) Kai

Siblings through the mother Natasha:

2005-11-04(F) Opal
2013-08-02(F) Nellie
2016-02-28(F) Rose
2018-11-14(F) Sunita

Pedigree

**Jakes ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Jake	Sire (f): Rex (Bimbo, Barney) Born: 1968	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Natasha Born: 1994-02-27	Sire mf: Tusko Born: 1971	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Tusko Born: 1971	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Whimpy Born: 1970	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Whimpy Born: 1970	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Jake was the first elephant born via Artificial insemination in Canada. He was the thirteenth elephant born at African Lion Safari and brought the Herd size to sixteen.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Jake, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Denver Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 August 2022 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5919. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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More elephants from: Denver Zoo
More elephants from: United States
More elephants that was born: 2009-11-02
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List of all captive born elephants in the database

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