Plai Thong Kham
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo in Thailand

Biography

♂ Plai Thong Kham
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Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 12 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2013-04-00 captive-born
Birth place:	in Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2013-04-00	Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-22:

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

Plai Thong Kham is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo, in Thailand.

Thong Kham arrived in 2013-04-00 to the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo,

Social

Thong Kham lives together with 23 other elephants at the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo: (detailed list)

Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Thong Kham was born captive-born 2013-04-00 at Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Thong Kham, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13491. (archived at the Wayback machine)