Bimbo
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Australia Zoo in Australia

Biography

☨ ♀ Bimbo
Bimbo and Tony Ratcliffe.

Identification

ASMP nr	64

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 54 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1959 wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Imported:	1961 by Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)
Death
Dead:	†2013-09-00
Death reason:	disease: arthritus
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Australia Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

2003-00-00	Australia Zoo from Lennon Brothers Circus

	Lennon Brothers Circus from Bullen's Animal World

1969-00-00	Bullen's Animal World from Bullen's Circus

1961-10-23	Bullen's Circus from Sydney Zoo

1961-08-21	Sydney Zoo from Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-11-18 17:36:26
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† Bimbo is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2013-09-00 at Australia Zoo, in Australia, . Official death reason described as arthritus.

Origin

Bimbo was born wild 1959 at Asia unspecified location. and imported 1961 by Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza)

Comments / pictures

Records about Bimbo from Australasian Region Asian Elephant Studbook (2011)
64 F ~ 1954 UNK UNK MAYFIELDS ???? ______ Transfer BIMBO
SYDNEY 21 Aug 1961 ______ Transfer
WALLACIA 23 Oct 1961 ______ Transfer

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bimbo, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Australia Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1229. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Tony Ratcliffe
Arnold de Boevere
http://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2009/12/down-under-1.html
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Bimbo (Google Translated version)

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Bimbo at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
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