unnamed (wild)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) in India

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ unnamed (wild)  dead elephant


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Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Dentition
Incisivesmakna
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in unknown
Capture: 2016
Death
Dead: 2016-07-06
Death reason: accident: serious injuries rear right leg and spinal chord
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC), in India

Date of arrival

2016-07-05Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC)
Record history
History of updates2023-02-16

Latest document update2020-11-04 19:15:31
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† unnamed (wild) is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2016-07-06 at Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC), in India, . Official death reason described as serious injuries rear right leg and spinal chord.

Origin

unnamed (wild) was born wild at unknown, captured 2016 .


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An elephant which was injured after being hit by a bus near Hosur in Krishnagiri district and brought to a camp in Mudumalai for treatment died on Wednesday.

The 10-year-old pachyderm sustained serious injuries on its rear right leg and spinal chord after a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus hit it as the elephant was trying to cross the road on July 4.

It was brought to the Theppakkadu elephant camp in Mudumalai on Tuesday night for treatment, but died around 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday, forest department sources said.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). unnamed (wild), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Theppakadu Mudumalai Forest Camp (MFC) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11094. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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