Mini
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Dusseldorf Zoo (Zoologischen Garten Dusseldorf) in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Mini

Identification

EEP nr	3510

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 9 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1935 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1944-11-02
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Dusseldorf Zoo (Zoologischen Garten Dusseldorf), in Germany

Date of arrival

1944-03-00	Dusseldorf Zoo (Zoologischen Garten Dusseldorf) from Hannover Zoo

1943-10-00	Hannover Zoo from Nuremberg Zoo

1939-05-09	Nuremberg Zoo from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2012-06-12

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Mini is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1944-11-02 at Dusseldorf Zoo (Zoologischen Garten Dusseldorf), in Germany, .

Origin

Mini was born wild 1935.

Comments / pictures

Records about Mini from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Mini:

3510 F ~ 1935 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1939 NONE Capture MINI
NURNBERG 9 May 1939 M00520 Transfer
HANNOVER ~ Oct 1943 VII41 Loan to
DUSSELDOR ~ Mar 1944 NONE Transfer
2 Nov 1944 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mini, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Dusseldorf Zoo (Zoologischen Garten Dusseldorf) in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1311. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 226, 227 Wilde Tiere frei Haus by Hermann Ruhe (in german)

Litterature about Dusseldorf Zoo (Zoologischen Garten Dusseldorf)

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
More elephants from: Dusseldorf Zoo (Zoologischen Garten Dusseldorf)
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More elephants that died: 1944-11-02
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