Yossi an African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) at Ramat Gan Zoo

Yossi
ID Number:EEP Number: 7402 -    SSP Number: 555 - 
Species: African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 46 years old
Body height: 3.70 meter, 12.1 feet
Body weight: 7000.00 kg, 15400.00 lbs
Management:No contact
Location:Ramat Gan Zoo
ArrivalRamat Gan Zoo from Tel Aviv Zoo
Born:* 1974-08-11 captive-born
in Tel Aviv Zoo
Parents: Timbo x Bahati
Offspring, year of birth, year of death:

    Total: 23 babies

  1. (M) 1987-02-19 -- † 2000-05-01 Junior
  2. (F) 1987-04-04 -- † 1987-08-05 Helinka
  3. (F) 1987-04-04 Tammi (Tami), EEP nr: 8704
  4. (F) 1987-10-11 -- † 2013-04-10 Stuvite (Stavit), EEP nr: 8706
  5. (M) 1987-12-01 -- † 1987-12-07 Izik
  6. (F) 1989-04-30 Yosepha (Josepha), EEP nr: 8902
  7. (M) 1990-01-21 -- † 1999-08-29 Nipple
  8. (F) 1990-02-25 -- † 2009-08-20 Yoki, EEP nr: 9002
  9. (M) 1991-01-13 -- † 2017-04-08 Limbo, EEP nr: 9101
  10. (M) 1994-05-24 Osh, EEP nr: 9402, SSP nr: 541
  11. (F) 1994-07-27 -- † 2013-04-10? Issa, EEP nr: 9401
  12. (M) 1994-12-01 -- † 2014-06-19 Nissim, EEP nr: 9403
  13. (F) 1996-10-21 -- † 2004-02-04 Beauty, EEP nr: 9601
  14. (M) 1997-06-03 Niko, EEP nr: 9702
  15. (F) 1998-01-06 -- † 1998-01-06 noname
  16. (M) 1999-09-30 Szabolcs (Lotek, Ninio, Nino), EEP nr: 9906
  17. (M) 2001-02-04 Leon (Yoni), EEP nr: 20002
  18. (M) 2001-05-03 Pembé (Babar), EEP nr: 20005
  19. (M) 2002-01-18 Akili (Napoleon), EEP nr: 20011
  20. (M) 2004-05-06 Izik Jonathan, EEP nr: 20029
  21. (M) 2005-05-25 Noah, EEP nr: 20036
  22. (M) 2006-01-31 Boten, EEP nr: 20044
  23. (M) 2007-09-04 Jumanee
Siblings through the father Timbo:
  1. 1977-11-17 -- † 2011-09-06 (F) Lara (Amy)
  2. 1978-01-17 -- † 2008-07-00 (F) Shara (Sara)
Siblings through the mother Bahati:
  1. 1989-04-30(F) Yosepha (Josepha)
  2. 1996-10-21 -- † 2004-02-04 (F) Beauty
  3. 2001-05-03(M) Pembé (Babar)
  4. 2006-01-31(M) Boten
Yossis pedigree:
P I II III

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Document updated2009-11-29: corrected birth place

2010-11-12: height and weight

2011-06-11: SSP RE
2018-03-01: link to EleWiki submitted
Weighing 7 tons and with a shoulder height of 3.70 metres, Jossi is one of the largest zoo elephants in the world, according to the open-air Safari Zoo Ramat-Gan near Tel Aviv. In 2007 he killed the oldest cow in the herd.

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Koehl, D., (2020). Yossi, an African Bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) at Ramat Gan Zoo in Israel. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2020 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=817. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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