Bente
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♀ Bente

Identification

AERP family id	BB family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ maybe about 52 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1970? wild
Birth place:	in Amboseli National Park

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Bette
Death
Dead:	†2022-08-16
Death location:	Amboseli National Park
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

1970-00-00	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-13

Latest document update	2022-08-22 13:37:02
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† Bente is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2022-08-16 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, .

Origin

Parentage

Parents of Bente are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Bette (mother).

Comments / pictures

Bente was born naturally Tuskless as was her mother, Bette.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bente, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10510. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Cynthia Moss, BB Family on Family histories, at elephanttrust.org, website for The Amboseli Elephant Research Project Trust

Litterature about Amboseli National Park

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