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Bambina Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) in Sweden Biography
† Bambina is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , , who died 1967-01-22 at Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) , in Sweden , . Official death reason described as sepsis foot problems .
Museum location The Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM) , in Stockholm, Sweden , since 1967-01-22.Origin
Bambina was born wild 1937 at Myanmar unspecified location . and imported 1938? by Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Comments / pictures Bambina was among the largest and heaviest asian elephant cows in Europe ever. In 1967, she became severe promlems with a nail, and finally died in blood-poisoning, after some months when she lost weight. Her shoulder height was aproximately 2.97 meters, weight 5 830 kgs half a year before her death, so in her prime she was probably over six ton, which may be a record in europe for an asian cow. Bambina was wild born in Burma, and came to Skansen via Hagenbecks Zoo in Hamburg, as exchange for a european bison bull.
Bambina in front of Lunkentuss , zookeeper Tore Glemmefors
Dead Bambina at SVA, Stockholm, 1967
Reference list References Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bambina, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) in Sweden . Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=60 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Sources used for this article is among others:
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Categories 1967 deaths | Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM) Taxidermy | 1937 births | Born in Myanmar | EEP | 1938 imports | Elephants from Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) | Sweden | Asian elephants
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