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The Elephant Encyclopedia

Welcome to the Elephant encyclopedia and database www.elephant.se, owned and managed by elephant consultant Dan Koehl. (CV (pdf), ORCID Wikipedia article Blog) Created in 1995, with over 30 years online, this is the oldest website about elephants, with Elephant encyclopedia sections like Elephant Anatomy (with 45 pages), a section within the The Elephant Glossary (with 284 terms like Free Contact, Protected Contact and No Contact) and Frequently asked questions about elephants (FAQ).

The Elephant Database

The Elephant Database is the largest online elephant database in the world and also possibly the largest database of animal individual animal records. Updated almost daily it presently presents a total of 17515 elephants of which 9129 are captive living elephants and 643 wild living elephants , from 4027 location facilities from 125 countries in 6 continent regions, as a neutral unbiased documentation. Theres also records of 7743 dead elephants from living and extinct species, as well as a list of almost 200 fossils and dead speciemens of Proboscideans on display in Museums. For statistics and overview, see summarize and graphical statistics and the latest changes in the elephant database. (RSS) On most pages sources for the individual records are declared on the bottom of the page, while a more generic presention is compiled at the page about sources and contributors.

The Elephant Person Database

There is also a section with 3799 persons affiliated with elephants, from 1722 families, including historic genealogical research, when available and relevant. A new project is a list of people attacked by elephants

See the page about use and search instructions where you learn how to search, find and select records. Please contact us if you find any errors in this database or would like to share any news of elephant births, deaths, or transfers. If you have a website, blog or similair, you can put any of the newstickers you see to the left, which automatically gets updated online from our server.

Regional elephant lists

American studbook * Australasian Region Asian Elephant Studbook * European studbook * Japanese studbook * captive elephants from Andaman Islands, India * captive elephants from Jaipur in Rajastan, India * captive elephants from Karnataka, India * captive elephants from Kerala, India * captive elephants from West bengal, India (under construction) * captive elephants from Sumatra Island, Indonesia (under construction) *, and captive elephants from Tamil Nadu, India * Orphans at David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya * wild elephants submitted in Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP) ( under construction)

Elephant breeding topics

elephant breeding overview and list of pregnant females * All breeding cows * All breeding bulls * birth weights * stillbirths * castrated bulls * artificial insemination

The 5 Most Recent Elephant Births

Sex Species Name	Birth	Parents	Birth location
♀ LA Asali	2025-06-03	Callee x Arusi	Sedgwick County Zoo
♀ LA Kaja	2025-05-27	x Kariba	Kronberg Opel Zoo
♂ LA Luki	2025-04-28	x Lualeni	Tsavo National Park
♂ LA Zigi	2025-04-24	x Zongoloni	DSWT Umani Springs (Kibwezi Forest)
♂ EM Zali	2025-04-19	Thai x Farha	Zurich Zoo
Elephants born in: 2025 \| 2024 \| 2023 \| 2022 \| 2021 \| 2020 \| 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000

The 5 Most Recent Elephant Transfers

Sex Species Name	Birth	Arrival	From
♀ LA Mikki	1985	2025-06-04 to Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)	Louisville Zoo
♀ EM Punch	1970	2025-06-03 to Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES)	Louisville Zoo
♀ EM ✝ Marisa	2022-12-07	2025-05-30 to Ayutthaya Floating Market elephant village camp	Nakhon Pathom elephant hospital
♂ LA Yoga	1996	2025-05-22 to Rhenen Zoo	Boras Zoo
♀ EM Rani	2009-07-03	2025-05-20 to Munich Zoo	Leipzig Zoo
Elephants transfered in: 2025 \| 2024 \| 2023 \| 2022 \| 2021 \| 2020 \| 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000.

Reasons for elephant deaths

euthanised * poisoned * falling into moats * mankillers various diseases like * Anthrax * Arthritis * Elephant Pox * Cancer * Colic * Herpesvirus * Pneumonia * Rabies * Tetanus * Tuberculosis * Viral EMC - Elephant Encephalomyocarditis virus

The 5 Most Recent Elephant Deaths

Sex Species Name	Death Reason Age Birth	Arrival Location
† ♀ LA Heri	2025-06-11 euthanised Age 49 Born 1976	1988-08-24 Basel Zoo
† ♀ EM Suzy	2025-06-10 unknown Age ? Born	Endangered Ark Foundation
† ♂ EM Guruvayur Gopikannan	2025-05-30 Age 51 Born 1974?	2001-09-00 Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† ♀ EM Laddu	2025-05-10 arthritis and age related Age ? Born	2020-00-00 Vantara Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust (RKTEWT)
† ♀ EM Geeta	2025-05-09 Age ? Born	Samaguri
Elephants dead in: 2025 \| 2024 \| 2023 \| 2022 \| 2021 \| 2020 \| 2019 \| 2018 \| 2017 \| 2016 \| 2015 \| 2014 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 \| 2000.

5 oldest dead elephants

Among oldest dead elephants in the database with confirmed birth year is Lin wang (min 86), Lakshmikutty (min. 84), Rhani (min. 83), Shirley (77-78), Shirley (72-73), Savannah (min. 71), Big Gentry Babe (min. 70).

10 Oldest living elephants with confirmed birth or earliest arrival records

Nr	Age	Sex Species Name	Birth	Present location
1	72	♀ EM MoMo	1953	Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo)
2	71	♀ EM Anne	1954	Longleat Safari Park
3	67	♀ EM Honey	1958	Zooparque Itatiba
4	66	♀ EM Gulab	1959	Prague Zoo
5	66	♀ EM Vana	1959	Platschow Elefantenhof
6	66	♀ EM Carla	1959	Chiccoland Zoo (Wille-Kinderzoo)
7	66	♀ EM Cora	1959	Topeka Zoo
8	65	♀ EM Baby	1960	Krakow Zoo
9	65	♀ EM Zina (Zita, Siena)	1960	Little Rock Zoological Gardens
10	64	♀ EM Honney Ball	1961	Africam Safari (Puebla Zoo)

20 possibly oldest living elephants by claim, but with unconfirmed birth or earliest arrival records

Nr	Age	Sex Species Name	Claimed Birth	Present location
1	83	♂ EM Kottoor Soman	1942?	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
2	79	♂ EM Moni	1946?	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
3	77	♂ EM Rajmangal	1948?	Chhat Bir Zoo (Mahinder Singh Zoological park)
4	76	♂ EM Do	1949	H Mui
5	76	♂ EM Bijli Prasad	1949	India Forest Department of Andaman (FDA)
6	75	♂ EM Andal	1950	Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)
7	74	♀ EM Bua Ban	1951	Thailand unspecified location
8	74	♀ EM Sombourn	1951	Surin elephant study center (Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village)
9	74	♂ EM Boonsermsong	1951	Surin elephant kingdom (Ban Ta Klang elephant village)
10	74	♂ EM Pho-ngen	1951	Surin elephant kingdom (Ban Ta Klang elephant village)
11	74	♀ EM Ta Bet	1951-04-25	Pon Elephant
12	73	♀ EM Roongsap	1952	Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal
13	73	♀ LA Amy	1952?	Amboseli National Park
14	72	♀ EM Baby	1953	Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo
15	72	♂ EM Anura	1953	Tama Zoological Park
16	71	♂ EM Kuttikrishnan	1954	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
17	71	♂ EM Gajendra	1954	K Gudi Wilderness Camp (Kyathadevara Gudi)
18	71	♂ EM Jao Thong	1954	Phuket Elephant Sanctuary
19	71	♀ EM Wassana	1954	Phuket Zoo
20	71	♀ EM Kham	1954	Mekong Elephant Park

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