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Palong
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands

☨ ♂ Palong

Identification

EEP nr	8610

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 17 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1986 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2003-04-17
Death reason:	euthanised: stiff foreleg
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born (dead † 1999-07-00)	♀ Sri Utama
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rotterdam Zoo, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

1998-08-13	Rotterdam Zoo from Singapore Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-02-28: 2011-04-05: Previous locations, Birth, Text RE

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

† Palong is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2003-04-17 at Rotterdam Zoo, in Netherlands, . Official death reason described as stiff foreleg.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(F) -- † 1999-07-00 Sri Utama

Origin

Palong was born wild 1986.

Comments / pictures

Palong was positive for elephant herpes virus, and survived twice after treatment, but was then euthanized some years later.

Before his arrival at the Singapore Zoo, Palong arrived at location 'MALAY DW' in 1987 as listed in the EEP Studbook.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Palong, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 June 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=731. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Peter Stolk, Netherlands

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