Plai Kongka
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal in Thailand

Location

Plai Kongka is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal, in Thailand.

Kongka arrived to the Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal unknown date, Kongka lives together with 100 other elephants at the Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal:
detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Offspring

Total: 4 babies

1. (M) 2002-12-20 Koon Muang
2. (F) 2003-01-21 Aiyaret
3. (M) 2003-09-01 -- † 2003-09-01 miscarriage
4. (M) 2007-04-16 Ming Jung EEP id: 200704

Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Kongka was born unknown .

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ewa Narkiewicz

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• elephant mankillers, elephants that has killed humans. List of elephant mankillers
• More elephants from: Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
• More elephants from: Thailand
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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