Horas
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kiev Zoo in Ukraine

Biography

Horas is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Kiev Zoo, in Ukraine.

Horas arrived in 2012-06-05 to the Kiev Zoo, relocated from the Rostov Zoo, in Russia.

In Kiev Zoo, Horas lives as single living elephant at this location

Horas was born captive-born 2005-02-14 at Tierpark Berlin.

Siblings through the father Ankhor:

1. 1998-01-17 -- † 1998-01-17 (M) stillborn
2. 1998-07-31 -- † 1998-07-31 (F) stillborn
3. 2001-11-02(F) Temi
4. 2005-04-03(F) Sinta (Cinta)
5. 2005-05-08(M) Yuma (Yoma)
6. 2008-12-13(F) Thuza
7. 2009-08-26 -- † 2009-08-26 (F) stillborn
8. 2010-03-15(M) Dimas
9. 2010-12-22(F) Sitara
10. 2012-05-08(M) Bogor
11. 2012-06-01(F) Pantha
12. 2016-01-01(M) Edgar
13. 2016-10-07(M) Rudi
14. 2017-07-04(M) Minh-Tan
15. 2020-03-27 -- † 2023-01-27 (F) Amalee
16. 2020-05-09(F) Lakuna

Siblings through the mother Nova:

1. 2009-08-26 - † 2009-08-26 (F) stillborn
2. 2012-05-08(M) Bogor
3. 2016-10-12(F) Pilar
4. 2020-03-08(M) Hope

Pedigree

In late August 2009, the Berlin Zoo sold three of their four year old, captive born Asian elephants. The two males and female, Yoma, Horis and Cinta, were all sired by Ankhor to different cows. They were transported by truck to open the new elephant exhibit at the Rostow Zoo in November.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Sigrid Zech
• Ryan Easley, USA
• "Drei Tierpark-Elefanten nach Rostow am Don," Elephant-News.com, 2009-08-29

Recommended Litterature:

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Kiev Zoo
• More elephants from: Ukraine
• More elephants that was born: 2005-02-14
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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