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

Biography

♂ Kostas

Identification

AERP family id	KB family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 31 years old
Management:	Wild elephant
Origin
Born:	* 1994-07-00 wild
Birth place:	in Amboseli National Park

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Kizzy
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

1994-07-00	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-13

Latest document update	2021-09-27 01:10:34
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Biography

Kostas is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Amboseli National Park, in Kenya.

Kostas arrived in 1994-07-00 to the Amboseli National Park,

Social

Kostas lives together with 165 other elephants at the Amboseli National Park: (detailed list)

Origin

Kostas was born wild 1994-07-00 at Amboseli National Park.

Parentage

Parents of Kostas are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Kizzy (mother).

Siblings through the mother Kizzy:

1980-11-00(F) Kalliope
1987-04.00 - † 2007-03-00 (M) Kilgoris

Pedigree

**Kostass ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Kostas	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: Kizzy Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Records about Kostas from Cynthia Moss at Amboseli Elephant Research Project Research Project'>(AERP)
Finally some males were born to the family in 1994. Kleo had a son in January and Kizzy had a son in July.

Cynthia Moss, AERP

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kostas, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10612. (archived at the Wayback machine)