Kenzi an Asian elephant at St Louis Zoo

☨ ♀ Kenzi

Identification

SSP nr	737

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 7 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2011-06-24 captive-born
Birth place:	in St Louis Zoo

Parents:	♂ Raja x ♀ Rani
Death
Dead date:	† 2018-02-24
Death reason:	disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)
Locations
Present / last location:	St Louis Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2011-06-24	St Louis Zoo

Document updated	2011-07-08: New elephant RE 2016-01-05: SSP nr 2018-02-25: dead 2018-12-07: herpes species EEHV1A
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Description

† Kenzi is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at St Louis Zoo, in United States, of disease in 2018-02-24. Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A). (see detailed list).

Origin

Kenzi was born captive-born 2011-06-24 at St Louis Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Kenzi are: ♂ Raja (father) and ♀ Rani (mother).

Siblings through the father Raja:

2005-11-19 -- † 2005-11-19 (F) stillborn fetus still in utero
2006-08-02(F) Maliha
2007-02-25(F) Jade
2010-07-08 -- † 2010-07-08 (F) miscarriage
2013-04-26(F) Priya
2020-07-06 -- † 2020-08-02 (M) Avi

Siblings through the mother Rani:

2007-02-25(F) Jade
2020-07-06 - † 2020-08-02 (M) Avi

Pedigree

**Kenzis pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Kenzi	Sire: Raja	Sire: Onyx (Big Mac)	Sire:
		Sire: Onyx (Big Mac)	Dame:
		Dame: Pearl	Sire:
		Dame: Pearl	Dame:
	Dame: Rani	Sire: Indy (Butch)	Sire:
		Sire: Indy (Butch)	Dame:
		Dame: Ellie	Sire:
		Dame: Ellie	Dame:

Comments / pictures

Image and article at ShowMe Elephants: "St. Louis Zoo - Kenzi"

Records about Kenzi from SSPNorth American Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Kenzi:

737 F 24-Jun-11 339 386 ST LOUIS 24-Jun-11 108851 Birth Kenzi

Source: SSP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Kenzi, an Asian elephant at St Louis Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7325. (archived at the Wayback machine)