Muna
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Gran Circo Union in Mexico

Biography

☨ ♀ Muna

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Imported:	1948
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Gran Circo Union, in Mexico

Date of arrival

1978-00-00	Gran Circo Union from Circus Vargas

1977-00-00	Circus Vargas from Carden & Johnson Circus

1972-00-00	Carden & Johnson Circus from Circus Bartok

1967-00-00	Circus Bartok from Hunt Brothers Circus

1949-00-00	Hunt Brothers Circus from Madeline Parks

1948-00-00	Madeline Parks 1948-00-00 from Mysore Palace Temple

Record history
History of updates	2010-05-12

Latest document update	2018-04-29 16:32:27

† Muna is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Gran Circo Union, in Mexico, .

Origin

Muna was born wild . and imported 1948

Comments / pictures

Records about Muna from Bob Cline

DINNU, Female Asian
1948 - came to America from Mysore Palace or Bengalor Herd. Purchased by Madeline Park for Charlie Hunt
Trained by Louis Reed. then Roy Bush.
1949 to 1966 - Hunt Bros. Circus
1967 to 1969 - Circus Bartok
1972 - Carden & Johnson Circus
late-76/early-77 Circus Vargas (only for '77 season)
sold to a Mexican Circus
Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Muna, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Gran Circo Union in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12654. (archived at the Wayback machine)