Malti
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Calgary Zoo in Canada

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Malti  dead elephant
Brent Van Hooft & Malti. Calgary Zoo 07/2008. Photo: © Brent Van Hooft
Brent Van Hooft & Malti. Calgary Zoo 07/2008. Photo: © Brent Van Hooft

Identification

SSP nr648

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:* 2007-08-09 captive-born
Birth place: in Calgary Zoo

Parents: Spike (Ganesha) x ♀ Maharani (Rani)
Death
Dead: 2008-11-01
Death reason: disease: acute heart failure because of Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Calgary Zoo, in Canada

Date of arrival

2007-08-09Calgary Zoo
Record history
History of updates2021-09-29

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† Malti is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2008-11-01 at Calgary Zoo, in Canada, . Official death reason described as acute heart failure because of Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV1A).

Origin

Malti was born captive-born 2007-08-09 at Calgary Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Malti are: ♂ Spike (Ganesha) (father) and ♀ Maharani (Rani) (mother).

Siblings through the father Spike (Ganesha):

  1. 2004-11-16 -- † 2004-12-07 (F) Keemaya
  2. 2012-10-24 -- † 2012-10-24 (M) miscarriage (twin)
  3. 2012-10-24 -- † 2012-10-24 () miscarriage (twin)

Siblings through the mother Maharani (Rani):

  1. 2004-11-16 - † 2004-12-07 (F) Keemaya
  2. 2012-10-24 - † 2012-10-24 (M) miscarriage (twin)

Pedigree


Maltis ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Malti

Sire (f):
Spike (Ganesha)

Born: 1981-07-02

Sire ff:
Dahlip

Born: 1966?
Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:
Seetna

Born: 1966-07-10
Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Maharani (Rani)

Born: 1990-07-14

Sire mf:
Bandara

Born: 1975-05-25
Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:
Kamala

Born: 1975-09-00
Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:


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When 308 pound Malti was born at the Calgary Zoo, she was the second calf for her 17 year old mother Maharani and 26 years old father Spike. She was a full F2 generation, meaning both of her parents were born in captivity. The first calf born to the pair was rejected at birth and died 3 weeks later of infections. Malti, a Hindi name, means moonlight, to be brilliant, or small fragrant flower. At eleven months old she weighed in at 849 pounds. In late October 2008, the 14 month old calf was diagnosed with the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes virus. She died six days later. At the time of Maltis death only four elephants were known to have experienced symptoms of the disease and recovered.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Malti, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Calgary Zoo in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3236. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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