Maneki
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

This record may be a duplicate record with Menika at Rotterdam Zoo

☨ ♀ Maneki

Identification

EEP nr	4601

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1942 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

	Unknown from Chipperfield organisation (Chilworth)

1953-10-06	Chipperfield organisation (Chilworth) from London Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2012-05-27: transfered to Chipperfield, according to Asianelephant.net and to Chilworth according to the EEP list 2011. 2012-09-06: corr from C. circus to C organisation 2012-09-06: poss duplicate 2020-11-06: Updated as lost to trace

Latest document update	2020-11-06 18:22:38

This record may be a duplicate record with Menika at Rotterdam Zoo

† Maneki is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Unknown, in Unknown, .

Origin

Maneki was born wild 1942.

Comments / pictures

Records about Maneki from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Maneki:

4601 F ~ Jul 1942 UNK UNK SRI LANK ~ Jul 1942 NONE Birth MANEKI
LONDON RP 17 Jul 1946 966 Transfer
CHILWORTH 6 Oct 1953 NONE ltf Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Maneki, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 December 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=658. (archived at the Wayback machine)