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

Biography

☨ ♀ Malaya

Identification

EEP nr	4201

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

1945-01-01	Circus Belli from Hannover Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-11-11:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† 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).

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

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

Trained by Franz Kraml.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Malaya, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Circus Belli in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1225. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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