Malaya
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Circus Belli in Germany

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Malaya  dead elephant
Identification
EEP nr4201
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 9 years old
Origin
Born:* 1942-03-20 captive-born
Birth place: in Hannover Zoo
Parents: ♂ Piccolo x ♀ Puncha
Death
Dead: †1951-04-01
Death reason: accident: burned to death in the trainwagon between Wolfsburg and Fallersleben.
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Circus Belli, in Germany
Date of arrival
1945-01-01Circus Belli
from Hannover Zoo
Record history
History of updates2022-04-05
Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Malaya is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1951-04-01 at Circus Belli, in Germany, . Official death reason described as burned to death in the trainwagon between Wolfsburg and Fallersleben..

Origin

Malaya was born captive-born 1942-03-20 at Hannover Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Malaya are: ♂ Piccolo (father) and ♀ Puncha (mother).

Siblings through the father Piccolo:

  1. 1936-08-03 -- † 1943 (M) August
  2. 1938 -- † 1938 (F) stillborn
  3. 1939-11-22 -- † 1967-05-11 (F) Gina
  4. 1944-08-10 -- † 1962-04-22 (F) Carla
  5. 1945-09-24 -- † 1945-10-01 (F) unknown

Pedigree

Malayas ancestral Pedigree:
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Contradictory records:

According to EEG Malaya was transfered to Circus Harry Belli 1946 or 1947.

Trained by Franz Kraml.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Malaya, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Belli in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1225. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
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