Quinba
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pont-Scorff Zoo in France

Biography

☨ ♀ Quinba

Alternative name:	Kwimba

Identification

EEP nr	6104

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 44 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1961-05-10 captive-born
Birth place:	in Budapest Zoo

Parents:	♂ Sultan II x ♀ Csambi II
Death
Dead:	†2005-06-12
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pont-Scorff Zoo, in France

Date of arrival

1998-03-04	Pont-Scorff Zoo from Arnhem Zoo (Burgers Zoo)

1966-01-16	Arnhem Zoo (Burgers Zoo) from Tilburg Zoo

1965-06-21	Tilburg Zoo from Christ van Dijk

	Christ van Dijk from Budapest Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-09-16 04:59:17

† Quinba is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2005-06-12 at Pont-Scorff Zoo, in France, .

Origin

Quinba was born captive-born 1961-05-10 at Budapest Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Quinba are: ♂ Sultan II (father) and ♀ Csambi II (mother).

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

Gerald Postma states that she moved 10 March to Pont-Scorff

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Quinba, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pont-Scorff Zoo in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=328. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Pont-Scorff Zoo

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