Tupelo
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Houston Zoo in United States

Location

Tupelo is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Houston Zoo, in United States.

Tupelo arrived to the Houston Zoo unknown date, Tupelo lives together with 12 other elephants at the Houston Zoo:

1. 2. ♂ Baylor born 2010-05-04
2. 3. ♂ Duncan born 2014-02-08
3. 4. ♀ Joy born 2017-07-12
4. 5. ♀ Methai (Me Thai) born 1969
5. 6. ♂ Nelson born 2020-05-12
6. 7. ♀ Shanti born 1990-10-11
7. 8. ♂ Teddy born 2021-05-16
8. 9. ♀ Tess born 1981
9. 10. ♂ Thai (Thailand) born 1965
10. 11. ♀ Tilly born 2018-06-17
11. 12. ♂ Tucker born 2005-05-12
12. 13. ♀ Winnie born 2021-03-10

Offspring

1. (F) 2021-03-10 Winnie SSP id: 00

Origin

Tupelo was born captive-born 2010-10-03 at Houston Zoo.

Parentage

Siblings through the father Thai (Thailand):

1. 1983-04-21 -- † 1983-05-17 (F) Shani
2. 1984-02-01 -- † 1988-08-26 (M) Bopper (Beau Thai)
3. 1984-12-18 -- † 1984-12-18 (F) stillborn
4. 1987-12-31 -- † 1998-08-30 (M) Kiba
5. 1988-12-07 -- † 1991-09-02 (F) Pearl
6. 1991-07-17 -- † 2004-09-05 (F) Kimba
7. 1991-10-25 -- † 1991-10-25 (F) stillborn
8. 1993-07-27 -- † 1993-07-27 () stillborn
9. 1993-12-29 -- † 2000-01-01 (F) Singgah
10. 1995-07-28 -- † 1995-07-28 () stillborn
11. 2003-12-28 -- † 2003-12-29 (F) none
12. 2004-08-17 -- † 2005-04-15 (F) Bella
13. 2006-10-01 -- † 2008-11-09 (M) Mac
14. 2010-05-04(M) Baylor
15. 2014-02-08(M) Duncan
16. 2014-06-30 -- † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
17. 2014-06-30 -- † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
18. 2018-06-17(F) Tilly
19. 2021-05-16(M) Teddy

Siblings through the mother Tess:

1. 1998-07-30 - † 1999-03-22 (F) Annie
2. 2005-05-12(M) Tucker
3. 2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
4. 2014-06-30 - † 2014-06-30 () fetus (twin)
5. 2018-06-17(F) Tilly
6. 2021-05-16(M) Teddy

Pedigree

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Baylors a big brother! Houston Zoo welcomes another baby elephant, meet Tupelo
  
• https://www.houstonzoo.org/blog/more-elephants-to-love-at-the-houston-zoo/

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Houston Zoo
• More elephants from: United States
• More elephants that was born: 2010-10-03
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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