Rungwe
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Gyor Zoo in Hungary

♂ Rungwe
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Identification

EEP nr	20089

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 9 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2012-07-20 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Beauval Zoo

Parents:	♂ Limbo x ♀ NDala
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Gyor Zoo, in Hungary

Date of arrival

2021-10-07	Gyor Zoo from Magdeburg Zoo

2018-09-26	Magdeburg Zoo from Beauval Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2012-08-06: new elephant 2012-09-02: father 2014-04-22: eep records 2018-05-08: link to EleWiki submitted 2018-09-27: relocated to Magdeburg 2021-10-07: relocated to Györ Zoo

Latest document update	2021-10-07 14:14:33
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Biography

Location

Rungwe is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Gyor Zoo, in Hungary.

Rungwe arrived in 2021-10-07 to the Gyor Zoo, relocated from the Magdeburg Zoo, in Germany.

Rungwe lives together with 3 other elephants at the Gyor Zoo:

♂ Bou-Bou born 2006-03-23
♂ Kito (Nyiregyhaza) born 2015-06-19
♂ Pembé (Babar) born 2001-05-03

See also a more detailed list with the elephants arrival dates etc.

Origin

Rungwe was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2012-07-20 at Beauval Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Rungwe are: ♂ Limbo (father) and ♀ NDala (mother).

Pedigree

**Rungwes ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Rungwe	Sire (f): Limbo Born: 1991-01-13	Sire ff: Yossi Born: 1974-08-11	Sire fff: Timbo
		Sire ff: Yossi Born: 1974-08-11	Dame ffm: Bahati
		Dame fm: Lara (Amy) Born: 1977-11-17	Sire fmf: Timbo
		Dame fm: Lara (Amy) Born: 1977-11-17	Dame fmm: Atari
	Dame m: NDala Born: 1989	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
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Comments / pictures

The first elephant born from artificial insemination in France.

Named after a volcano in Tanzania.

Records about Rungwe from EEPEuropean Studbook for African elephants state following records for the african elephant Rungwe:

20089 M 20 Jul 2012 9101 8908 BEAUVAL 20 Jul 2012 M01241 Birth

Source: EEP studbook for African elephants

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Rungwe, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Gyor Zoo in Hungary. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 October 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12759. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

African Elephant Europe Regional EEP Studbook Dec. 31, 2012
by Harald M. Schwammer, Sabine Fruehwirth
Damien Rochelle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/precious-pachyderm/2012/08/06/da136c44-e007-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_gallery.html#photo=1
https://www.zoo-magdeburg.de/pressemeldungen/elefantenbulle-aus-frankreich-im-zoo-magdeburg-eingetroffen/
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Rungwe (Google Translated version)
African Elephant Studbook, Europe Regional EEP
by Amelia Terkel, Zoological center Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Israel

Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Gyor Zoo
More elephants from: Hungary
More elephants that was born: 2012-07-20
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Rungwe at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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