Tamani
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Kansas City Zoo in United States

♂ Tamani

Identification

SSP nr	544

Description

Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 18 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2005-10-17 captive-born
Birth place:	through artificial insemination in Lowry Park Zoo
Birth weight	93.18 kgs, 205.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ Bulwagi x ♀ Ellie
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kansas City Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

2015-10-05	Kansas City Zoo from Birmingham Zoo

2012-04-21	Birmingham Zoo from Lowry Park Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2008-12-20: Birth, Source RE 2009-01-04: Management, Text, Source RE 2009-10-04:ï¿½Text 2010-11-10:ï¿½corr weight 2012-06-08:ï¿½Transfer RE 2016-01-25: arrival date Birmingham

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

Location

Tamani is a living Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) , located at the Kansas City Zoo, in United States.

Tamani arrived in 2015-10-05 to the Kansas City Zoo, relocated from the Birmingham Zoo, in United States.

Tamani lives together with 8 other elephants at the Kansas City Zoo:

♀ Christi born 1986
♀ Lady born 1968
♀ Lea born 1978
♀ Lois born 1978
♀ Megan born 1978
♀ Tattoo (Tatu, Tatoo) born 1978
♀ Zoe (Zoey) born 1984
♀ Zuri born 2009-08-10

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Origin

Tamani was conceived through artificial insemination and born captive-born 2005-10-17 at Lowry Park Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Tamani are: ♂ Bulwagi (father) and ♀ Ellie (mother).

Siblings through the father Bulwagi:

2002-07-27 -- † 2002-07-27 (M) stillborn
2003-03-21 -- † 2003-03-21 (F) stillborn
2003-04-30(M) Louie
2003-11-24 -- † 2003-04-07 (M) stillborn
2005-05-13 -- † 2005-05-13 (M) Noname
2005-10-18(M) Kedar

Pedigree

**Tamanis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Tamani	Sire (f): Bulwagi Born: 1981-03-03	Sire ff: Peter Born: 1965	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Peter Born: 1965	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Mama Born: 1970	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Mama Born: 1970	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Ellie Born: 1982	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

"Tamani," which means "hope" in Swahili, was chosen via a Name the Baby contest in which over 600 names were submitted by over 10,000 participants. He was the first elephant birth in the zoo's history.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Tamani, African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Kansas City Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 December 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1363. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Links

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Internal relevant links

More elephants from: Kansas City Zoo
More elephants from: United States
More elephants that was born: 2005-10-17
All breeding cows
All breeding bulls
The elephant database startpage. Statistics
List of all captive born elephants in the database

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