Kita
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Detroit Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Kita

Identification

SSP nr	88

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 31 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1958 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1958
Death
Dead:	†1989-12-23
Death reason:	euthanised: arthritis; pnemonia; infected feet
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Detroit Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1959-05-20	Detroit Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2009-06-29: Birth RE 2010-12-31: Cause of death RE

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

† Kita is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1989-12-23 at Detroit Zoo, in United States, . Official death reason described as arthritis; pnemonia; infected feet.

Origin

Kita was born wild 1958, captured 1958 .

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kita, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Detroit Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=787. (archived at the Wayback machine)

"Table 4: Captive Elephants 1988-1999 and Additions to 1980-1988 Records," Elephant, The Publication of the Elephant Research Foundation, Vol 2 No 4, January 2000. p 65-71

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