Zuma
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rome Zoo in Italy

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Zuma  dead elephant
Taxidermy locationMuseo Civico di Zoologia, Roma, Italy

Identification

Museum accession number MCZR OS.1310
EEP nr5501

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:* 1955-07-03 captive-born
Birth place: in Rome Zoo

Parents: Romeo II x ♀ Giulietta II (Giulie)
Death
Dead: 1955-12-31
Death reason: unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Rome Zoo, in Italy

Date of arrival

1955-07-03Rome Zoo
Record history
History of updates2024-01-15

Latest document update2021-07-01 12:14:54
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† Zuma is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1955-12-31 at Rome Zoo, in Italy, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Museo Civico di Zoologia, in Roma, Italy, since 1956-01-00.


Origin

Zuma was born captive-born 1955-07-03 at Rome Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Zuma are: ♂ Romeo II (father) and ♀ Giulietta II (Giulie) (mother).

Siblings through the father Romeo II:

  1. 1948-08-06 -- † 1968-04-13 (F) Roma
  2. 1950-09-02 -- † 1952-12-24 (M) Remo
  3. 1953-09-11 -- † 1953-09-11 (F) stillborn

Siblings through the mother Giulietta II (Giulie):

  1. 1948-08-06 - † 1968-04-13 (F) Roma
  2. 1950-09-02 - † 1952-12-24 (M) Remo
  3. 1953-09-11 - † 1953-09-11 (F) stillborn

Pedigree


Zumas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Zuma

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Romeo II

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Dame m:
Giulietta II (Giulie)

Born: 1930

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Comments / pictures

The last calf for the pair Romeo II and Giulietta.

Rejected from the mother, handreared.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Zuma, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rome Zoo in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1147. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
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Categories1955 deaths | Museo Civico di Zoologia Taxidermy | 1955 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Rome Zoo | Italy | Asian elephants


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