Ratna
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Munster Zoo in Germany

Biography

♀ Ratna

Identification

EEP nr	9203

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 33 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1992-03-23 captive-born
Birth place:	in Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Parents:	♂ Hussein x ♀ Thura
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Munster Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

1995-10-04	Munster Zoo from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

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

Ratna is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Munster Zoo, in Germany.

Ratna arrived in 1995-10-04 to the Munster Zoo, relocated from the Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen), in Germany.

Social

Ratna lives together with 4 other elephants at the Munster Zoo: (detailed list)

♀ Corny born 1996-06-04
♀ Kanaudi born 1967
♂ Nikolai born 1993-05-02
♀ Tefi born 1966

Origin

Ratna was born captive-born 1992-03-23 at Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen).

Parentage

Parents of Ratna are: ♂ Hussein (father) and ♀ Thura (mother).

Siblings through the father Hussein:

1995-12-25 -- † 2000-12-30 (M) Tharun
1996-01-09 -- † 1996-01-09 (M) stillborn
1996-06-04(F) Corny
1996-07-01(F) Indra (Salvana)
1996-10-17 -- † 1996-10-17 (M) stillborn
1999-11-27(F) Sandry
2001-11-09 -- † 2001-11-09 (M) noname
2003-05-14(F) Kandy
2003-06-22 -- † 2003-06-22 (M) stillborn
2004-11-26(M) Thai
2007-04-11(F) Shila
2008-11-21(M) Shah Rukh
2009-07-03(F) Rani
2012-04-13(M) Assam

Siblings through the mother Thura:

1995-12-25 - † 2000-12-30 (M) Tharun
2001-11-09 - † 2001-11-09 (M) noname
2004-11-26(M) Thai
2009-07-03(F) Rani
2016-01-28 - † 2016-01-28 () miscarriage
2018-03-00 - † 2018-03-00 (unknown) aborted

Pedigree

**Ratnas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Ratna	Sire (f): Hussein Born: 1972	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Thura Born: 1974-00-00	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

When Ratna was a baby, the mother was aggressive towards the baby for several weeks, and the keepers had to stay overnight and see to that the mother did not attack the baby, and that she accepted to wean.

Ratna may be pregnant, she was sired by Chamundi in August 2008, and hasnt come into estrous since then.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ratna, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Munster Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1322. (archived at the Wayback machine)