unknown
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) at
Versailles menagerie in France

Biography

☨ ♀ unknown
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Paris National Museum of Natural History, in France

Date of arrival

1681-00-00	Paris National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France

Identification


Description
Species:	African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 17 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1664 unknown
Birth place:	in West Africa unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1681-01-22
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Versailles menagerie, in France

Date of arrival

1665-00-00	Versailles menagerie
Record history
History of updates	2010-09-22: species, arrival, origin country, source 2012-02-25: cyclotis 2013-03-31: a thief cut of a tusk at the museum 2025-02-25: Born in West Africa

Latest document update	2025-02-25 04:16:31
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† unknown is a dead Female ♀ African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), , who died 1681-01-22 at Versailles menagerie, in France, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Paris National Museum of Natural History, in Paris, France, since 1681-00-00.

Origin

unknown was born unknown 1664 at West Africa unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

2013-03-31: Police in France have arrested a man for allegedly breaking into the Museum of Natural History in Paris, and cutting a tusk off the Skeleton of an elephant that once belonged to a French king.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). unknown, African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) located at Versailles menagerie in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5976. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

The African Forest Elephant and its status in captivity. Part 1: Europe, by Don Cousins, International Zoo News No. 251 (41/2) March 1994
Page 57, The Wild Elephants and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon, by J. Emerson Tennent
Memoires Pour Servir L'Histoire Naturelle
Page 258, Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History, by Karl Groning and Martin Saller

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