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

Biography
♀ Ratna
Identification
EEP nr9203
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 32 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
1995-10-04Munster Zoo
from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
Record history
History of updates2022-04-17
Latest document update2020-10-18 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 with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. ♀ Corny born 1996-06-04
  2. ♀ Kanaudi born 1967
  3. ♂ Nikolai born 1993-05-02
  4. ♀ 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:

  1. 1995-12-25 -- † 2000-12-30 (M) Tharun
  2. 1996-01-09 -- † 1996-01-09 (M) stillborn
  3. 1996-06-04(F) Corny
  4. 1996-07-01(F) Indra (Salvana)
  5. 1996-10-17 -- † 1996-10-17 (M) stillborn
  6. 1999-11-27(F) Sandry
  7. 2001-11-09 -- † 2001-11-09 (M) noname
  8. 2003-05-14(F) Kandy
  9. 2003-06-22 -- † 2003-06-22 (M) stillborn
  10. 2004-11-26(M) Thai
  11. 2007-04-11(F) Shila
  12. 2008-11-21(M) Shah Rukh
  13. 2009-07-03(F) Rani
  14. 2012-04-13(M) Assam

Siblings through the mother Thura:

  1. 1995-12-25 - † 2000-12-30 (M) Tharun
  2. 2001-11-09 - † 2001-11-09 (M) noname
  3. 2004-11-26(M) Thai
  4. 2009-07-03(F) Rani
  5. 2016-01-28 - † 2016-01-28 () miscarriage
  6. 2018-03-00 - † 2018-03-00 (unknown) aborted

Pedigree

Ratnas ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Ratna

Sire (f):
Hussein

Born: 1972

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Thura

Born: 1974-00-00

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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, (2024). Ratna, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Munster Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1322. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
  • Albert Roolfs, Münster, Germany, Germany
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Categories1992 births | With Pedigree | Elephants from Munster Zoo | Germany | Asian elephants


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