Wasim
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) in India

Biography

♂ Wasim

Identification

Local id Number	10
Tamil Nadu database	29

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 53 years old
Status:	kumki
Dentition
Incisives	tusker
Management:	Free contact

People killed:	1
Origin
Born:	* 1971-01-31 captive-born
Birth place:	in Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Bhama
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC), in India

Date of arrival

	Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
Record history
History of updates	2023-02-16

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Wasim is a living kumki Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC), in India.

Wasim arrived to the Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) unknown date, relocated from the , in .

Social

Wasim lives together with 24 other elephants at the Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC):

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants

1. ♂ Anna born ~1957
2. ♀ Bhama born ~1949
3. ♂ Bomman born <2000
4. ♂ Cheeran born 1986-07-10
5. ♂ Giri born >2009
6. ♀ Harini
7. ⚪ Indhak
8. ♂ Indhar born ~1948
9. ♂ Jambo born <1987
10. ♂ John born >1992
11. ♀ Kamatchi born ~1957
12. ♂ Mudumalai born ~1965
13. ⚪ Sankan
14. ♂ Santhosh born 1975-05-15
15. ♀ Sentilvadivu born ~1976
16. ♂ Shankar born ~1967
17. ♂ Srinivas
18. ♂ Sujai (twin) born 1971-05-20
19. ♀ Sumangala born ~1989
20. ♂ Udayan born 1998-11-24
21. ♂ unknown born 2000
22. ♂ unknown born 2016
23. ♂ Vijay (twin) born 1971-05-20
24. ♂ Wilson born 1988-04-16

Origin

Wasim was born captive-born 1971-01-31 at Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC).

Parentage

Parents of Wasim are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Bhama (mother).

Siblings through the mother Bhama:

() Mahesh
1988-04-30 - † 2017-03-22 (F) Rukku
1999? - † 1999 () Bairavi

Pedigree

**Wasims ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Wasim	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Bhama Born: ~1949	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

2017-08-12: Two Kumki elephants, Pomman and Wasim, were brought to Mundur around 6 pm on Friday from Mudumalai sanctuary in Tamil Nadu to chase away the three wild elephant

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Wasim, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 11 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5944. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/aug/12/kumki-elephants-brought-to-mundur-from-tn-1642000.html
Database for Captive Elephants and their Mahouts in Tamil Nadu
made 2009 by Surendra Varma, N. Kalaivanan, N.S.Manoharan, R. Thirumurugan, S. Thangaraj Panneerslevam and N. Mohanraj, India

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