Iqhwa
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography

♀ Iqhwa
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Identification

EEP nr	201304?

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 12 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2013-09-04 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Vienna Zoo

Parents:	♂ Steve (wild) x ♀ Tonga
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

2013-09-04	Vienna Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2021-04-09 07:50:57
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Biography

Iqhwa is a living Female ♀ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Vienna Zoo, in Austria.

Iqhwa arrived in 2013-09-04 to the Vienna Zoo,

Social

Iqhwa lives together with 4 other elephants at the Vienna Zoo: (detailed list)

♂ Abu born 2001-04-25
♀ Mongu born 2003-05-25
♀ Numbi born 1992
♀ Tonga born 1985

Origin

Iqhwa was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2013-09-04 at Vienna Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Iqhwa are: ♂ Steve (wild) (father) and ♀ Tonga (mother).

Siblings through the father Steve (wild):

2014-05-05(M) Sutton

Siblings through the mother Tonga:

2003-05-25(F) Mongu

Pedigree

**Iqhwas ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Iqhwa	Sire (f): Steve (wild) Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Tonga Born: 1985	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

This is the first calf which was sired through Artificial insemination with frozen sperm and its father is a wild elephant bull at Phinda Reserve in Africa. Through a novel technique which was developed by a team from Berlinï¿½s Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research the sperm gained in the bush was frozen and successfully thawed.

Vienna zoo says the sperm came from Steve, a wild bull elephant at the Phinda game reserve in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal province. The baby's mother, Tonga, has been at the zoo in Vienna since 1998.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Iqhwa, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13551. (archived at the Wayback machine)