Kottoor Soman
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) in India

Kottoor Soman lives together with 17 other elephants at the Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) : (detailed list)

1. 1. ♀ Aameena born 2020?
2. 2. ♂ Agasthyan born 2010?
3. 3. ♀ Ammu born 2002
4. 4. ♀ Chinna born 2017?
5. 5. ♀ Jaysree born 1972
6. 6. ♂ Kottoor Kannan born 2018-02-00?
7. 7. ♂ Manu born 2017?
8. 8. ♀ Maya born 2017?
9. 9. ♀ Minna born 2003
10. 10. ♂ Moni
11. 11. ♀ Podichi born 2014?
12. 12. ♀ Poorna born 2016?
13. 13. ♂ Raja born 2013?
14. 14. ♂ Rajkumar born 1989
15. 15. ♀ Rana
16. 16. ♀ Sundari born 2009
17. 17. ♂ Unnikrishnan born 2009

Kottoor Soman was born wild at Kerala unspecified location.

2020: 78-year-old elephant Soman from Kottur elephant rehabilitation centre is all set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest elephant. But he was inaccurately claimed or represented in 2020 to be the oldest living elephant in the world, owned by the Kerala Forest Department, but the claim of birth year has not been confirmed, which is why his submission into Guinness Book of Records was rejected.

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References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• http://www.forest.kerala.gov.in/images/cekerala.pdf
  
• http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/aug/08/jumbo-attacks-kumki-elephants-deployed-at-munnar-1639959.html
  
• https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/offbeat/kerala-s-78-year-old-elephant-to-enter-guinness-book-of-world-records-1.5103068
• http://www.ecostat.kerala.gov.in/images/pdf/publications/Reports_OtherDepts/forest/forest_statistics_2016.pdf
  
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kottoor_Soman
• Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala, made 2009 by Surendra Varma, E.K. Easwaran, T.S. Rajeev, Marshal.C.Radhakrishnan, S. R. Sujata and Nibha Namboodiri , India, available online at Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala Retrieved 2018-11-01.
• Districtwise details of Captive Elephants of Kerala by Kerala Forest Department, India

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• 2020-10-04: Kerala's 78-year-old elephant to enter guinness book of world records (age unverified) - Elephant News

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