Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Rani at St Louis Zoo

Location

Rani is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at St Louis Zoo, in United States.

Rani arrived St Louis Zoo 2001-07-15, relocated from Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, in United States.

In St Louis Zoo, Rani lives together with 8 other elephants with records as alive in this database:

1. ♀ Donna born 1971
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2. ♀ Ellie born 1971
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3. ♀ Jade born 2007-02-25
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4. ♀ Maliha born 2006-08-02
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5. ♀ Pearl born 1971
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6. ♀ Priya born 2013-04-26
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7. ♂ Raja born 1992-12-27
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8. ♀ Sri born 1980
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See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.


Offspring

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1. (F) 2007-02-25 Jade SSP id: 646
2. (F) 2011-06-24 -- † 2018-02-24 Kenzi SSP id: 737
3. (M) 2020-07-06 -- † 2020-08-02 Avi SSP id: 00

Origin

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Rani was born captive-born 1996-07-05 at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.

Parentage

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Parents of Rani are: ♂ Indy (Butch) (father) and ♀ Ellie (mother).

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Siblings through the father Indy (Butch):

1. 1990-05-12 -- † 1990-05-12 (M) stillborn
2. 1991-07-10(M) Emmett (Tundi)
3. 1993-12-14 -- † 1995-04-26 (F) Kumari
4. 1995-06-20(F) Kirina
5. 1997-02-28(F) Mali
6. 2000-02-10 -- † 2003-04-12 (F) Preya
7. 2001-05-06 -- † 2001-05-06 (F) stillborn
8. 2005-07-31 -- † 2005-08-04 (M) Kedar
9. 2006-06-08 -- † 2006-06-08 (F) stillborn

Siblings through the mother Ellie:

1. 2006-08-02(F) Maliha
2. 2010-07-08 - † 2010-07-08 (F) miscarriage
3. 2013-04-26(F) Priya

Pedigree

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Ranis ancestral Pedigree:

P	I	II	III
Rani	Sire (f): Indy (Butch) Born: 1971	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
			Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
			Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Ellie Born: 1971	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
			Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
			Dame mmm:

In February 2007, eleven year old Rani gave birth to her first calf, Jade. A first time mother, she did not accept the newborn, leading to the the calf being handraised by staff.

In January 2010, the St. Louis Zoo announced that Rani was pregant for a second time, bred naturally by the zoo's breeding bull Raja. She gave birth to the calf in summer 2011 and displayed protect mother instincts.

Article at ShowMe Elephants: "St. Louis Zoo - Kenzi"

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
• "St. Louis Zoo's elephant Rani is pregnant," Elephant-News.com, 2010-01-20
  
• https://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/asianelephant/ranis-pregnancy
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Rani_(St.Louis) (Google Translated version)

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: St Louis Zoo
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 1996-07-05
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Rani at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate

Search more on the web for Rani

(The name Rani is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)

• elephant-news.com
• Asianelephant.net
• Billboard
• Buckles Blog
• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
• elefanten.wikia
• Google Internet search
• Google Books
• ZooChat