Hugo
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Masai Mara in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♂ Hugo
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Museum locations
Present / last location:	Masai Mara, in Kenya

Date of arrival

2019-12-05	Masai Mara, Narok, Kenya

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Masai Mara
Death
Dead:	†2019-12-05
Death location:	Masai Mara
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Masai Mara, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Masai Mara
Record history
History of updates	2020-09-12

Latest document update	2021-08-25 14:18:28
Google map

† Hugo is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2019-12-05 at Masai Mara, in Kenya, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Masai Mara, in Narok, Kenya, since 2019-12-05.

Origin

Hugo was born wild at Masai Mara.

Comments / pictures

Hugo was a large bull elephant estimated to be over 50 years old and was the longest continually tracked bull elephant in the Mara ecosystem. He was originally collared in 2012 by MEP and was a resident of Mara North Conservancy (MNC).

He was very sociable, often found in the company of other MEP collared elephants Fred and Kegol. In July 2018, Hugo required treatment from Kenya Wildlife Service Vet Dr. Limo from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Mara Mobile Vet Unit for an arrow shaft protruding from his stomach. Though Hugo seldomly crop raided, he came into conflict with the local community when he strayed too close to outlying homesteads. Hugo recovered fully from that operation.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Hugo, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Masai Mara in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8061. (archived at the Wayback machine)