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

Biography

☨ ♀ Mary

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* unknown
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

1851-00-00	P. T. Barnum’s Grand Colossal Museum and Menagerie from P. T. Barnum

1851-00-00	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	2021-09-15 16:13:04

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

Origin

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mary, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at U.S.A. unspecified location in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12828. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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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