Rungwe an African savanna elephant at Magdeburg Zoo

♂ Rungwe


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Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 9 years old
Id numberEEP Number: 20089
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2012-07-20 captive-born
Birth place: through
artificial insemination in Beauval Zoo
Parents: ♂ Limbo x ♀ NDala
Locations
Present / last location:Magdeburg Zoo, in Germany
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2018-09-26Magdeburg Zoo
from Beauval Zoo
Document updated2012-08-06: new elephant

2012-09-02: father

2014-04-22: eep records
2018-05-08: link to EleWiki submitted
2018-09-27: transferred to Magdeburg
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Description

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Rungwe is a Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Magdeburg Zoo, in Germany.

Rungwe arrived in Magdeburg Zoo 2018-09-26, relocated from Beauval Zoo, in France.

In Magdeburg Zoo, Rungwe lives together with 4 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♂ Kando born 2007-05-20
    2. ,
  2. ♂ Moyo born 2013-05-13
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Mwana Mashona born 1982
    4. ,
  4. ♂ Uli born 2011-01-16
    5. , (see detailed list).

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 pedigree:
P I II III

Rungwe

Sire:
Limbo

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Yossi		 Sire:
Timbo
Dame:
Bahati
Dame:
Lara (Amy)		 Sire:
Timbo
Dame:
Atari

Dame:
NDala

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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 listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Rungwe, an African savanna at Magdeburg Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 February 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12759. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories2012 births | EEP | Elephants from Magdeburg Zoo | Germany | African savanna elephants


This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24


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