Meru
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Tucson Reid Park Zoo in United States

Biography
⚪ Meru
Identification
Description
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:unknown 0 years old
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2024-03-08 captive-born
Birth place: in Tucson Reid Park Zoo
Parents: ♂ x ♀ Litsemba
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Tucson Reid Park Zoo, in United States
Date of arrival
2024-03-08Tucson Reid Park Zoo
Record history
History of updates2024-03-09
Latest document update2024-05-06 08:54:35
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Biography

Meru is a living an elephant with unknown sex, an African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Tucson Reid Park Zoo, in United States.

Meru arrived in 2024-03-08 to the Tucson Reid Park Zoo,

Social

Meru lives together with 5 other elephants at the Tucson Reid Park Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. ♀ Litsemba born 1990
  2. ♀ Lungile born 1991
  3. ♂ Mapenzi born 2020-04-06
  4. ♀ Nandi born 2014-08-20
  5. ♂ Tsavo born 2008-06-28


Origin

Meru was born captive-born 2024-03-08 at Tucson Reid Park Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Meru are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Litsemba (mother).

Siblings through the mother Litsemba:

  1. 2007-03-11 - † 2018-05-08 (M) Punga
  2. 2010-12-27(M) Tsandzikle
  3. 2014-08-20(F) Nandi
  4. 2020-04-06(M) Mapenzi

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Reid park zoo welcomes new baby elephant - Elephant News

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Meru, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Tucson Reid Park Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=17175. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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