Samba
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

☨ ♀ Samba
This photo was taken in May 1967 and probably Sandra/Samba?, who is standing in the front of the smaller, younger elephant, which is probably Donkey.Photo: Erland Wadsten, 1967

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Management:	Assumed dead
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

	Unknown from Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed)

	Zoocentrum Moskwa (Objed) from Kolmarden Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2018-05-08

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

† Samba is a dead Lost to follow-up Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , assumed dead at the Unknown in , in Unknown.

Origin

Samba was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Location Zoo Objed not confirmed.

Arrived in Kolmarden around 1965-1967.

According to Ingvar Nylund sold to Russia, and Objed is the most likely destination. This must have been between 1967 and 1969.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Samba, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12751. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Erland Wadsten, Skansen, Stockholm.
Ingvar Nylund, Stockholm.

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