Editha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Berlin Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Editha

Identification

EEP nr	0602

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* 1906-12-18 captive-born
Birth place:	in Berlin Zoo

Parents:	♂ Harry x ♀ Kalifa (Toni)
Death
Dead:	†1907-01-12
Death reason:	disease: Anorexia, rejected by mother. Handrearing unsuccesful
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Berlin Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1906-12-18	Berlin Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-20: casualties

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Editha is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1907-01-12 at Berlin Zoo, in Germany, . Official death reason described as Anorexia, rejected by mother. Handrearing unsuccesful.

Origin

Editha was born captive-born 1906-12-18 at Berlin Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Editha are: ♂ Harry (father) and ♀ Kalifa (Toni) (mother).

Siblings through the father Harry:

1928-09-20 -- † 1939 (F) Kalifa II

Pedigree

**Edithas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Editha	Sire (f): Harry Born: 1890	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Kalifa (Toni) Born:	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Conceived between February and April 1905 in Hagenbecks Tierpark, Hamburg.

Records about Editha from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Editha:

0602 F 18 Dec 1906 HARRY KALIFA BERLINZOO 18 Dec 1906 NONE Birth Editha
11 Jan 1907 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Editha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Berlin Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1271. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

Litterature about Berlin Zoo

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