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The Elephant Encyclopedia

Welcome to the Elephant encyclopedia and database www.elephant.se, owned and managed by elephant consultant Dan Koehl. (ORCID Wikipedia article Blog) Created in 1995, with over 30 years online, this is the oldest website about elephants, with Elephant encyclopedia sections like Elephant Anatomy (with 45 pages), a section within the The Elephant Glossary (with 278 terms like Free Contact, Protected Contact and No Contact) and Frequently asked questions about elephants (FAQ).

The Elephant Database

The Elephant Database is the largest online elephant database in the world and also possibly the largest database of animal individual animal records. Updated almost daily it presently presents a total of 17453 elephants of which 9096 are captive living elephants and 640 wild living elephants , from 3973 location facilities from 125 countries in 6 continent regions, as a neutral unbiased documentation. Theres also records of 7717 dead elephants from living and extinct species, as well as a list of almost 200 fossils and dead speciemens of Proboscideans on display in Museums. For statistics and overview, see summarize and graphical statistics and the latest changes in the elephant database. (RSS) On most pages sources for the individual records are declared on the bottom of the page, while a more generic presention is compiled at the page about sources and contributors.

The Elephant Person Database

There is also a section with 3381 persons affiliated with elephants, from 1518 families, including historic genealogical research, when available and relevant. A new project is a list of people attacked by elephants

See the page about use and search instructions where you learn how to search, find and select records. Please contact us if you find any errors in this database or would like to share any news of elephant births, deaths, or transfers. If you have a website, blog or similair, you can put any of the newstickers you see to the left, which automatically gets updated online from our server.

Regional elephant lists

American studbook * Australasian Region Asian Elephant Studbook * European studbook * Japanese studbook * captive elephants from Andaman Islands, India * captive elephants from Jaipur in Rajastan, India * captive elephants from Karnataka, India * captive elephants from Kerala, India * captive elephants from West bengal, India (under construction) * captive elephants from Sumatra Island, Indonesia (under construction) *, and captive elephants from Tamil Nadu, India * Orphans at David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya * wild elephants submitted in Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP) ( under construction)

Elephant breeding topics

elephant breeding overview and list of pregnant females * All breeding cows * All breeding bulls * birth weights * stillbirths * castrated bulls * artificial insemination

The 5 Most Recent Elephant Births

Sex Species Name	Birth	Parents	Birth location
♀ EM Unnamed	2025-03-19	x	Chok Chai Elephant Camp
† ♀ LA Malaika	2025-03-14	Callee x Simunye	Sedgwick County Zoo
♀ EM Gauri	2025-03-08	x Phulmai	Kaziranga unspecified elephant camp
⚪ EM Unnamed	2025-03-07	Tarak x Marlar	Cologne Zoo (Köln Zoo)
♀ EM Unnamed	2025-02-11	x	Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC)
Elephants born in: 2025 \| 2024 \| 2023 \| 2022 \| 2021 \| 2020 \| 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000

The 5 Most Recent Elephant Transfers

Sex Species Name	Birth	Age	Arrival	From
♀ EM Dok Kaew	2015?	10	2025-03-17 to Baan Kwang Chang	Patara Elephant Conservation Tusker Shelter
♀ EM Nong Thongphanchang		?	2025-03-07 to Baan Chang Elephant Park	Omkoi district unspecified location
♂ EM Than Thap	1981?	44	2025-03-07 to TECC elephant hospital Lampang	Patara Elephant Conservation Tusker Shelter
♂ EM Phasepoh	2005	20	2025-03-07 to TECC elephant hospital Lampang	Patara Elephant Conservation Tusker Shelter
♀ EM MoTor	1997?	28	2025-03-03 to TECC elephant hospital Lampang	FAE Elephant Hospital
Elephants transfered in: 2025 \| 2024 \| 2023 \| 2022 \| 2021 \| 2020 \| 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000.

Reasons for elephant deaths

euthanised * poisoned * falling into moats * mankillers various diseases like * Anthrax * Arthritis * Elephant Pox * Cancer * Colic * Herpesvirus * Pneumonia * Rabies * Tetanus * Tuberculosis * Viral EMC - Elephant Encephalomyocarditis virus

The 5 Most Recent Elephant Deaths

Sex Species Name	Death Reason Age Birth	Arrival Location
† ♀ LA Didi	2025-03-17 euthanised Age 50 Born 1975	1980-00-00 Stukenbrock Safaripark
† ♀ LA Malaika	2025-03-14 necropsy determined that the calf died during the birthing process Age 0 Born 2025-03-14	2025-03-14 Sedgwick County Zoo
† ♀ EM Jenny	2025-03-11 unknown Age 56 Born 1969	2021-04-17 Taigan Belogorsk Lion Safari Park
† ♀ EM Shandra	2025-03-08 euthanised Age 59 Born 1966-00-00	1974-05-24 Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
† ♀ EM Jaini	2025-03-03 Age 65 Born 1960?	M. R. Palayam Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (ERRC)
Elephants dead in: 2025 \| 2024 \| 2023 \| 2022 \| 2021 \| 2020 \| 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000.

5 oldest dead elephants

Among oldest dead elephants in the database with confirmed birth year is Lin wang (min 86), Lakshmikutty (min. 84), Rhani (min. 83), Shirley (77-78), Shirley (72-73), Savannah (min. 71), Big Gentry Babe (min. 70).

10 Oldest living elephants with confirmed birth or earliest arrival records

Nr	Age	Sex Species Name	Birth	Present location
1	72	♀ EM MoMo	1953	Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)
2	71	♀ EM Anne	1954	Longleat Safari Park
3	67	♀ EM Honey	1958	Zooparque Itatiba
4	66	♀ EM Gulab	1959	Prague Zoo (Zoo Praha)
5	66	♀ EM Vana	1959	Platschow Elefantenhof
6	66	♀ EM Carla	1959	Chiccoland Zoo (Wille-Kinderzoo)
7	66	♀ EM Cora	1959	Topeka Zoo
8	65	♀ EM Baby	1960	Krakow Zoo
9	65	♀ EM Zina (Zita, Siena)	1960	Little Rock Zoological Gardens
10	65	♀ EM Somsri	1960?	Doi Lom Elephant Rescue Sanctuary

20 possibly oldest living elephants by claim, but with unconfirmed birth or earliest arrival records

Nr	Age	Sex Species Name	Claimed Birth	Present location
1	83	♂ EM Kottoor Soman	1942?	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
2	79	♂ EM Moni	1946?	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
3	77	♂ EM Rajmangal	1948?	Chhat Bir Zoo (Mahinder Singh Zoological park)
4	76	♂ EM Do	1949	H Mui
5	76	♂ EM Bijli Prasad	1949	India Forest Department of Andaman (FDA)
6	75	♂ EM Andal	1950	Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)
7	74	♀ EM Bua Ban	1951	Thailand unspecified location
8	74	♀ EM Sombourn	1951	Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village)
9	74	♂ EM Boonsermsong	1951	Surin elephant kingdom (Ban Ta Klang elephant village)
10	74	♂ EM Pho-ngen	1951	Surin elephant kingdom (Ban Ta Klang elephant village)
11	73	♀ EM Roongsap	1952	Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
12	73	♀ LA Amy	1952?	Amboseli National Park
13	72	♀ EM Baby	1953	Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo
14	72	♂ EM Anura	1953	Tama Zoological Park
15	71	♂ EM Kam Muen	1954	Maesa Elephant Camp
16	71	♂ EM Kuttikrishnan	1954	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
17	71	♂ EM Gajendra	1954	K Gudi Wilderness Camp (Kyathadevara Gudi)
18	71	♂ EM Jao Thong	1954	Phuket Elephant Sanctuary
19	71	♀ EM Wassana	1954	Phuket Zoo
20	71	♀ EM Kham	1954	Mekong Elephant Park

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