Jenny
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
U.S.A. unspecified location in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Jenny

Alternative name:	Janette

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Anuradhapura forest
Capture:	1851
Imported:	1851-05-04 by P. T. Barnum
Freight:	by sailship "Regatta"
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	U.S.A. unspecified location, in United States

Date of arrival

	U.S.A. unspecified location from Sands, Nathans & Co

1859-00-00	Sands, Nathans & Co from Seth B. Howes

1854-00-00	Seth B. Howes from P. T. Barnum’s Grand Colossal Museum and Menagerie

1851-05-04	P. T. Barnum’s Grand Colossal Museum and Menagerie from P. T. Barnum

1851-05-04	P. T. Barnum from Port of Colombo

1851-00-00	Port of Colombo 1851-00-00 from Anuradhapura forest

Record history
History of updates	2022-06-25

Latest document update	2022-04-16 07:49:28

† Jenny is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at U.S.A. unspecified location, in United States, .

Origin

Jenny was born wild at Anuradhapura forest, captured 1851 . and imported 1851-05-04 by P. T. Barnum, by sailship "Regatta"

Comments / pictures

The trained elephant, Janette, and her baby so fine,
And a caravan of Camels, all in a line; //P. T. Barnum’s Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome compiled by Richard A. Arnold.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Jenny, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at U.S.A. unspecified location in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12827. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

P. T. Barnum’s Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Hippodrome compiled by Richard A. Arnold, https://classic.circushistory.org/History/PTB1872.htm
The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, http://www.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/BW.htm'>Bandwagon
Page 14, 30, Elefanten in Zoo und Circus, Dokumentation 2 Nordamerika, 1997, by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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