Mega
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Australia Zoo in Australia

Biography
♀ Mega
Alternative name: Megawati

Identification

ASMP nrN/A

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies: Elephas maximus sumatranus
Sex and age:Female ♀ 25 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1999-07-19 captive-born
Birth place: in Taman Safari Indonesia II (Prigen)
Birth weight 75.00 kgs, 165.00 lbs

Parents: Sidarta x ♀ Umri
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Australia Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

2019-12-04Australia Zoo
from Taman Safari Indonesia II (Prigen)

Record history
History of updates2021-12-19

Latest document update2021-01-14 11:59:20
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Biography


Mega is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Australia Zoo, in Australia.

Mega arrived in 2019-12-04 to the Australia Zoo, relocated from the Taman Safari Indonesia II (Prigen), in Indonesia.


Social

Mega lives together with 3 other elephants at the Australia Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. Cristina
  2. Raflesia born 2014-11-00
  3. Widya


Origin

Mega was born captive-born 1999-07-19 at Taman Safari Indonesia II (Prigen).

Parentage


Parents of Mega are: ♂ Sidarta (father) and ♀ Umri (mother).

Siblings through the mother Umri:

  1. 1991() Bani
  2. 1995-05-15(M) Yando

Pedigree


Megas ancestral Pedigree:
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1999-07-20: The Indonesia Safari Park in Prigen, in Pasuruan district of East Java, had a new addition as a 75- kilogram, 61-centimeter tall Sumatran elephant, which was named Mega, was born on Monday night, Antara reported.

Park spokeswoman Vita Nugroho said the elephant's parents were named Umri and Sidarta, both from the Way Kambas elephant preservation area in Lampung.

Umri carried Mega for 23 months. "We're very glad with this birth as Sumatran elephants are one of the rarest Species in Asia," Vita said.

Mega will stay under intensive care for one month before being released in the park. In 1998 a male elephant, Krismon, was born in the park.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Mega, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Australia Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11122. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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