Plai Somluk an Asian elephant at Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary

♂ Plai Somluk
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
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Status:musth
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Origin
Born:* unknown
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Present / last location:Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary, in Thailand
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Document updated2018-03-13
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Plai Somluk is a musth Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary, in Thailand.

Somluk arrived in Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary unknown date,

In Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary, Plai Somluk lives together with 22 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Pang Numfon born 1964
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Pang Boonrod
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Pang Buathong
    4. ,
  4. ♀ Pang Janpang born 1966
    5. ,
  5. ♀ Pang Khonthong
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Pang Kwan
    7. ,
  7. ♀ Pang Lampang
    8. ,
  8. ♀ Pang Malee
    9. ,
  9. ♀ Pang Morakot
    10. ,
  10. ♀ Pang Nimnuan
    11. ,
  11. ♀ Pang Saithong
    12. ,
  12. ♀ Pang Sunee
    13. ,
  13. ♀ Pang Suthas
    14. ,
  14. ♀ Pang Tongbai
    15. ,
  15. ♀ Phang Kham Moon Yai
    16. ,
  16. ♂ Plai Phat
    17. ,
  17. ♂ Plai Sombat (Seedor Sombat)
    18. ,
  18. ♂ Plai Sukhum
    19. ,
  19. ♂ Plai Sutin
    20. ,
  20. ♀ Pang Sarah
    21. ,
  21. ♂ Plai Suthas
    22. ,
  22. ♂ Plai Tawan born 2005
    23. , (see detailed list).

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 Somluk was born unknown .



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Plai Somluk, an Asian at Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=660. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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    This document was updated: 2020-11-03 11:03:12


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