Tutka (Tutta)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine

Biography

☨ ♀ Tutka (Tutta)

Identification

EEP nr	6713

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 14 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1965 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1979-04-21
Death reason:	maternal death: delivery problems
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1979-04-21 (dead † 1979-04-21)	⚪ stillborn
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine

Date of arrival

1967-09-18	Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) from Tierpark Berlin

Record history
History of updates	2011-12-20:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Tutka (Tutta) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1979-04-21 at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo), in Ukraine, . Official death reason described as delivery problems.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

() 1979-04-21 -- † 1979-04-21 stillborn

Origin

Tutka (Tutta) was born wild 1965.

Comments / pictures

Records about Tutka (Tutta) from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Tutka (Tutta):

6713 F ~ 1966 UNK UNK UNKNOWN ~ 1966 NONE Birth Parent Tutka
KHAR KOV 18 May 1967 NONE Transfer
21 Apr 1979 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tutka (Tutta), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kharkiv Zoo (Kharkov Zoo) in Ukraine. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=952. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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