Burma an Asian elephant at Taronga Western Plains Zoo
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![]() Burma. Western Plains Zoo 2008. Photo: © Roger Brogan | ||||
Alternative name: | Birma | |||
Species: | Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) | |||
Sex and age: | Female ♀ maybe about 62 years old (estimated age) | |||
Id number | ASMP Number: 52 | |||
Origin | ||||
Born: | * 1959? wild | |||
Birth place: | ||||
Imported: | 1961 | |||
Death | ||||
Dead date: | † 2021-02-10 | |||
Death reason: | euthanised: degenerative joint disease | |||
Locations | ||||
Present / last location: | Taronga Western Plains Zoo, in Australia | |||
Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!) | ||||
2005-05-18 | Taronga Western Plains Zoo from Sydney Zoo (Taronga) Sydney Zoo (Taronga) 1982-12-09 from Bullens Animal World Bullens Animal World 1969-00-00 from Bullens Circus Bullens Circus 1961-10-23 from Sydney Zoo (Taronga) Sydney Zoo (Taronga) 1961-08-21 from Mayfields Kennels and Zoo (H.H. de Souza) | |||
Document updated | 2009-01-04: Image 2009-01-25: Previous locations 2009-03-02: Management 2010-05-22: prev location 2012-07-06: changed birth year 2013-05-21: studbook 2013-05-21: alt name 2018-04-21: PC 2021-02-12: death report | |||
Google map | ||||
Random literature | ||||
Sources used for this article is among others:
- Mr Bullens elephants, through Glenn Sullivan
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Roger Brogan, Western Plains Zoo
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Australasian Region Asian Elephant Studbook (2011) Compiled by Jan Steele, Australia
- https://taronga.org.au/news/2021-02-11/vale-burma
Internal relevant links
- More elephants from: Taronga Western Plains Zoo
- More elephants from: Australia
- More elephants that was born: 1959
- More elephants that was imported: 1961
- More elephants that died: 2021-02-10
- 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)
Search more on the web for Burma
- elephant-news.com
- Asianelephant.net
- Billboard
- Buckles Blog
- circushistory.org
- Elephant_Commentator
- Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
- elefanten.wikia
- Google Internet search
- Google Books
- ZooChat
(The name Burma is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)
This document was updated: 2021-02-12 13:58:36