Rani
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Neunkirchen Zoo in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Rani

Identification

EEP nr	7101

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 51 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1969 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2020-04-03
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1987-12-08 (dead † 1987-12-08)	♀ stillborn EEP id: 8713
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Neunkirchen Zoo, in Germany

Date of arrival

2010-04-29	Neunkirchen Zoo from Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm

2006-07-00	Terra Natura theme park, Benidorm from Port Lympne Zoo

1994-12-21	Port Lympne Zoo from Chester Zoo

1994-04-18	Chester Zoo from Port Lympne Zoo

1977-06-01	Port Lympne Zoo from Howletts Wild Animal Park

1971-01-01	Howletts Wild Animal Park 1971-01-01 from Sonepur Fair

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

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

† Rani is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2020-04-03 at Neunkirchen Zoo, in Germany, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

Origin

Rani was born wild 1969.

Comments / pictures

In his book The Best of Friends, John Aspinall writes that all asian elephants, except Assam, were bought at the Sonepur market in India.

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Rani, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Neunkirchen Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1371. (archived at the Wayback machine)