Sundara
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in United States

Biography
♀ Sundara
Sundara. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation 11/2010. Photo: � Ringling Brothers on Facebook
Sundara. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation 11/2010. Photo: � Ringling Brothers on Facebook
Alternative name: Sunny
Identification
SSP nr655
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 17 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2008-11-09 captive-born
Birth place: in Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
Parents: ♂ Charlie x ♀ Sally
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in United States
Date of arrival
2016-11-29Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
2016-05-03Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
from Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Blue Unit)
from Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation
Record history
History of updates2021-01-15
Latest document update2020-11-09 12:31:31
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Biography

Sundara is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in United States.

Sundara arrived in 2016-11-29 to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, relocated from the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation, in United States.


Social

Sundara lives together with 4 other elephants at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. ♂ Frankie born 2021-06-17
  2. ♂ Johnson born 2001-04-29
  3. ♀ Phoebe born 1987-05-15
  4. ♀ Rudy born 2002-01-29


Origin

Sundara was born captive-born 2008-11-09 at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation.

Parentage

Parents of Sundara are: ♂ Charlie (father) and ♀ Sally (mother).

Siblings through the father Charlie:

  1. 1997-05-08(M) Doc
  2. 1997-06-23(F) Angelica
  3. 1999-08-16(M) Ozzie (Osgood)
  4. 2001-04-16(F) Sara
  5. 2001-11-18(M) Gunther
  6. 2002-01-29(F) Rudy
  7. 2002-03-05(F) Asha
  8. 2002-05-21(M) P.T.
  9. 2005-02 -- † 2005-02 (F) stillborn
  10. 2005-04-21(F) Aree
  11. 2005-06-01(M) Irvin
  12. 2005-07-30 -- † 2005-08-09 (F) Bertha
  13. 2010-04-03(F) April

Siblings through the mother Sally:

  1. 1988-12-30(F) Angel
  2. 1992-04-17 - † 2006-01--31 (F) Maya (Sammi, Sami, Samuel R II)
  3. 1996-01-01(F) Kelly Ann
  4. 2002-01-29(F) Rudy
  5. 2012-12-15 - † 2016 (M) Nate

Pedigree

Sundaras ancestral Pedigree:
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Sundara

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Charlie

Born: 1973

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Sally

Born: 1974

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Sundara on elephant-news.com

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Its a girl! ringling announces birth of 21st asian elephant calf - Elephant News

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sundara, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 31 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4355. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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