Barana බරණ
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kalawewa National Park in Sri Lanka

Biography

☨ ♂ Barana බරණ
Barana is a regal tusker and is just a few years younger than Revatha. He is also periodically seen in the same region when he is in musth. Photo: Rajiv Welikala. HTTP code: 200 This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.
Local name:	බරණ

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus maximus
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Dentition
Incisives	tusker
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2022-07-00
Death reason:	accident: electrocution from illegal electric fence
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kalawewa National Park, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

	Kalawewa National Park
Record history
History of updates	2021-06-30

Latest document update	2022-07-27 04:34:46
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† Barana (local name:බරණ) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2022-07-00 at Kalawewa National Park, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as electrocution from illegal electric fence.

Origin

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Barana, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kalawewa National Park in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10594. (archived at the Wayback machine)