Fritz
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Stupinigi Menagerie in Italy

Biography

☨ ♂ Fritz
Fritz as museum specimen.
Fritz 1827
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, in Italy

Date of arrival

	Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, Turin, Italy

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂

People killed:	1: elephant keeper
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Freight:	by ship from Alexandria in Egypt to the port of Genoa, from where it was walked to Turin.
Death
Dead:	†1852
Death reason:	killed: agressivness, killed its keeper
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Stupinigi Menagerie, in Italy

Date of arrival

	Stupinigi Menagerie from King Charles Felix of Sardinia

	King Charles Felix of Sardinia from Port of Genoa

	Port of Genoa from Alexandria Port

	Alexandria Port from Ibrahim Pasha

Record history
History of updates	2024-01-18

Latest document update	2024-01-18 14:42:08
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† Fritz is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1852 at Stupinigi Menagerie, in Italy, . Official death reason described as agressivness, killed its keeper.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science, in Turin, Italy.

Origin

Fritz was born wild at Asia unspecified location., by ship from Alexandria in Egypt to the port of Genoa, from where it was walked to Turin.

Comments / pictures

Fritz in Stupinigi Menagerie Fritz with biologist Spartaco Gippoliti, Turin Regional Museum of Natural Science.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Fritz, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Stupinigi Menagerie in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10783. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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