Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Rex (Bimbo, Barney) at Oklahoma City Zoo

♂ Rex (Bimbo, Barney)

Identification

SSP nr	263

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 53 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1968 wild
Birth place:
Offspring
Total: 7 babies

1. Born 2005-11-04	♀ Opal SSP id: 637

2. Born 2006-04-13 (dead † 2006-04-13)	♂ Logan SSP id: 638

3. Born 2006-04-23	♀ Emily SSP id: 639

4. Born 2008-07-15	♂ Chuck SSP id: 653

5. Born 2009-11-02	♂ Jake SSP id: 687

6. Born 2014-12-22	♀ Achara SSP id: 764

7. Born 2018-10-09	♀ Kai SSP id: 00
Locations
Present / last location:	Oklahoma City Zoo, in United States

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2011-12-13	Oklahoma City Zoo from African Lion Safari African Lion Safari 1984-09-03 from Rex Williams Rex Williams 1983-00-00 from Circus Vargas Circus Vargas from Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain) Trunks and Humps (Bill Swain) from Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson) Have Trunk Will Travel (Gary and Kari Johnson) from Marine World Africa (Redwood shores) Marine World Africa (Redwood shores) from Oakland Baby Zoo

Document updated	2009-04-02: Management, Text RE 2009-04-26: Previous locations, Text RE 2011-12-14: Transfer RE
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Description

Location

Rex (Bimbo, Barney) is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Oklahoma City Zoo, in United States.

Rex (Bimbo, Barney) arrived Oklahoma City Zoo 2011-12-13, relocated from African Lion Safari, in Canada.

In Oklahoma City Zoo, Rex (Bimbo, Barney) lives together with 6 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♀ Achara born 2014-12-22
♀ Asha born 1995-02-02
♀ Bamboo born 1966-11-00
♀ Chandra born 1996-07-02
♀ Kai born 2018-10-09
♂ Kandula born 2001-11-25

detailed list

Offspring

Total: 7 babies

(F) 2005-11-04 Opal SSP id: 637
(M) 2006-04-13 -- † 2006-04-13 Logan SSP id: 638
(F) 2006-04-23 Emily SSP id: 639
(M) 2008-07-15 Chuck SSP id: 653
(M) 2009-11-02 Jake SSP id: 687
(F) 2014-12-22 Achara SSP id: 764
(F) 2018-10-09 Kai SSP id: 00

Origin

Rex (Bimbo, Barney) was born wild 1968.

Comments / pictures

In April 2006, African Lion Safari celebrated the birth of two female Asian elephants in ten days - Logan and Emily, both sired by Rex and born to Lilly and Kitty. Of the five males currently residing at the park, Rex sired two of the them while Calvin sired the other two before his transfer to Europe in 2000.

In the late 70's bought 3 little males from Gary Johnson Bimbo now called Rex Vance and Casey Without much knowledge of elephants. My dad went on to work Vance and Casey for the next 10 years or so.
Mike Swain, 2008-08-27

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Rex (Bimbo, Barney), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Oklahoma City Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 July 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=809. (archived at the Wayback machine)