Duke of Alba elephant
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Sudan unspecified location in Sudan

Biography

☨ ♂ Duke of Alba elephant
Duke of Alba elephant as museum specimen. This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences, in Spain

Date of arrival

1913-00-00	Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid, Spain

Identification


Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Characteristics:	skin
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Sudan unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1913
Death location:	Sudan unspecified location
Death reason:	hunted: shot by Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Sudan unspecified location, in Sudan

Date of arrival

	Sudan unspecified location
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-04: Removed deeplink

Latest document update	2021-07-04 20:08:14

† Duke of Alba elephant is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1913 at Sudan unspecified location, in Sudan, . Official death reason described as shot by Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Madrid National Museum of Natural Sciences, in Madrid, Spain, since 1913-00-00.

Origin

Duke of Alba elephant was born wild at Sudan unspecified location.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Duke of Alba elephant, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Sudan unspecified location in Sudan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10784. (archived at the Wayback machine)