Nayan
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Nayan  dead elephant
Nayan with her daughter Phua Victoria Portena, Buenos Aires Zoo 1905
Nayan with her daughter Phua Victoria Portena, Buenos Aires Zoo 1905

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:* 1879 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:
Death reason: unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1905-02-23
(dead † 1908-08-05)
Phua Victoria Portena
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Buenos Aires Zoo, in Argentina

Date of arrival

Buenos Aires Zoo
from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates2023-09-09

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Nayan is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Buenos Aires Zoo, in Argentina, .

Offspring


  1. (F) 1905-02-23 -- † 1908-08-05 Phua Victoria Portena


Origin

Nayan was born wild 1879.


Comments / pictures

Gave birth to the first born elephant in a Zoo ever, in 1905.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Nayan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1194. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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