Lauritz
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography

☨ ♂ Lauritz

Alternative name:	Laurits

Identification

EEP nr	1601

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1916-04-03 captive-born
Birth place:	in Copenhagen Zoo
Birth weight	138.00 kgs, 303.60 lbs

Parents:	♂ Chang x ♀ Ellen
Death
Dead:	†1916-04-25
Death reason:	euthanised: at the Vet clinic, Landbohöjskolan, with chloroform because of general weakness
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

1916-04-03	Copenhagen Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18: 2025-04-04:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Lauritz is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1916-04-25 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as at the Vet clinic, Landbohöjskolan, with chloroform because of general weakness.

Origin

Lauritz was born captive-born 1916-04-03 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Lauritz are: ♂ Chang (father) and ♀ Ellen (mother).

Siblings through the father Chang:

1907-12-09 -- † 1927-03-00 (M) Kaspar
1912-04-06 -- † 1921-09-17 (M) Julius

Siblings through the mother Ellen:

1907-12-09 - † 1927-03-00 (M) Kaspar
1912-04-06 - † 1921-09-17 (M) Julius

Pedigree

**Lauritzs ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Lauritz	Sire (f): Chang Born: 1872	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Ellen Born: 1894	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Named after consul Lauritz Heymann-Block.

Records about Lauritz from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Lauritz:

1601 M 3 Apr 1916 721 952 COPENHAGE 3 Apr 1916 10370 Birth Laurits
25 Apr 1916 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lauritz, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1171. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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