Bluebonnet
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Fort Worth Zoo in United States

Biography
♀ Bluebonnet
Identification
SSP nr515
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 28 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1998-12-16 captive-born
Birth place: in Fort Worth Zoo
Parents: ♂ Groucho x ♀ Rasha
Offspring
Total: 3 babies
1. Born 2013-08-05♂ Bowie SSP id: 758
2. Born 2021-10-21♂ Brazos SSP id: 00
3. Born 2025-08-18♀ Lady Bird SSP id: XXX
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Fort Worth Zoo, in United States
Date of arrival
1998-12-16Fort Worth Zoo
Record history
History of updates2010-05-20: Management
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

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

Bluebonnet arrived in 1998-12-16 to the Fort Worth Zoo,

Social

Bluebonnet lives together with 8 other elephants at the Fort Worth Zoo: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Angel born 1988-12-30
  2. ♀ Belle (Bluebelle) born 2013-07-07
  3. ♂ Brazos born 2021-10-21
  4. ♂ Colonel Tusk (Boy) born 1991-04-04
  5. ♀ Lady Bird born 2025-08-18
  6. ♀ Rasha born 1971
  7. ♂ Romeo born 1993-01-10
  8. ♂ Travis born 2023-02-23

Offspring

Total: 3 babies
  1. (M) 2013-08-05 Bowie SSP id: 758
  2. (M) 2021-10-21 Brazos SSP id: 00
  3. (F) 2025-08-18 Lady Bird SSP id: XXX


Origin

The North American Regional Studbook does not yet include this elephant. The database will be updated when it is given a number for the SSP.

Bluebonnet was born captive-born 1998-12-16 at Fort Worth Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Bluebonnet are: ♂ Groucho (father) and ♀ Rasha (mother).

Siblings through the father Groucho:

  1. 1981-08-20 -- † 1983-01-26 (M) Astor
  2. 1996-06-23 -- † 1996-06-23 (M) stillborn (twin)
  3. 1996-06-23 -- † 1996-06-23 (M) stillborn (twin)
  4. 2002-03-14 -- † 2002-03-14 (F) stillborn
  5. 2003-09-19 -- † 2003-09-21 (F) Unnamed
  6. 2013-07-07(F) Belle (Bluebelle)

Siblings through the mother Rasha:

  1. 2003-09-19 - † 2003-09-21 (F) Unnamed
  2. 2013-07-07(F) Belle (Bluebelle)

Pedigree

Bluebonnets ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Bluebonnet

Sire (f):
Groucho

Born: 1971
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Rasha

Born: 1971
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Bluebonnet, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Fort Worth Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 January 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=700. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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