Gomer
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography
♂ Gomer
Identification
AERP family idGB family
Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 50 years old
Characteristics: crumpled left ear
Dentition
Incisivestusker
Management:Wild elephant
Origin
Born:* 1974 wild
Birth place: in Amboseli National Park
Parents: ♂ x ♀ Geraldine
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Amboseli National Park, in Kenya
Date of arrival
Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates2022-03-13
Latest document update2021-08-20 11:35:07
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Biography

Gomer is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Amboseli National Park, in Kenya.

Gomer arrived to the Amboseli National Park unknown date,

Social

Gomer lives together with 164 other elephants at the Amboseli National Park:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants


Origin

Gomer was born wild 1974 at Amboseli National Park.

Parentage

Parents of Gomer are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Geraldine (mother).

Siblings through the mother Geraldine:

  1. 1980-02-00(F) Gardenia
  2. 1983-05-00(M) GER83

Pedigree

Gomers ancestral Pedigree:
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Comments / pictures

The only male who stayed on a
bit longer was Gomer, Geraldine's son who was born in 1974. He, however, turned out to be very precocious and left the family at nine years old in 1983.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Gomer, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 September 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8051. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories1974 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Amboseli National Park | Kenya | African savanna elephants


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