Margot
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Marseille Zoo in France

Biography

☨ ♀ Margot
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Marseille Natural History Museum, in France

Date of arrival

1903-00-00	Marseille Natural History Museum, Marseille, France

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 20 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1883? wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1903-10-23
Death location:	Marseille Zoo
Death reason:	shot: following a fracture of the tibia
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Marseille Zoo, in France

Date of arrival

1886-00-00	Marseille Zoo from Asia unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2022-04-06

Latest document update	2022-04-02 08:45:06
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† Margot is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1903-10-23 at Marseille Zoo, in France, . Official death reason described as following a fracture of the tibia.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Marseille Natural History Museum, in Marseille, France, since 1903-00-00.

Origin

Margot was born wild 1883? at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

An Asian elephant is thus purchased on this occasion, for 5,000 F. Named Margot, the young female aged 2 or 3 years lived 17 years in the zoo before being shot following a fracture of the tibia on October 23, 1903.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Margot, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Marseille Zoo in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10455. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://www.academia.edu/42644074/Histoire_du_Jardin_zoologique_de_Marseille

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