Nicholaus IIs elephant
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Moscow Zoo in Russia

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Nicholaus IIs elephant  dead elephant
Nicholaus IIs elephant displayed as museum specimen.
Nicholaus IIs elephant as museum specimen.


Taxidermy locationRussian State Darwin Museum, , Russia

Identification


Description

Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Dentition
Incisivestusker
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Africa unspecified location
Death
Dead: 1916
Death reason: disease: caught a cold and died
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Moscow Zoo, in Russia

Date of arrival

1916-00-00Moscow Zoo
from Tsarskoye Selo royal menagerie

Record history
History of updates2021-07-31

Latest document update2021-07-13 18:14:19
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† Nicholaus IIs elephant is a dead Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1916 at Moscow Zoo, in Russia, . Official death reason described as caught a cold and died.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Russian State Darwin Museum, in , Russia, since 1916-00-00.


Origin

Nicholaus IIs elephant was born wild at Africa unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

In the autumn of 1916, the African elephant, the pride of Nicholas II’s menagerie in Tsarskoye Selo was to be transported to Moscow. On the way over the elephant caught a cold and died. But a royal elephant is a royal elephant, and what was left of it had to be preserved. The hide alone weighed more than a ton. It was cut into three parts and pickled in barrels.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Nicholaus IIs elephant, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Moscow Zoo in Russia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10855. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories1916 deaths | Russian State Darwin Museum Taxidermy | Elephants from Moscow Zoo | Russia | African savanna elephants


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