Puncha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Firma Ruhe in Germany

Biography

☨ ♀ Puncha

Identification

EEP nr	3003

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1942-03-20 (dead † 1951-04-01)	♀ Malaya EEP id: 4201
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Firma Ruhe, in Germany

Date of arrival

1943-00-00	Firma Ruhe from Hannover Zoo

1940-00-00	Hannover Zoo from Circus Amar

	Circus Amar from Firma Ruhe

Record history
History of updates	2023-11-21

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Puncha is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Firma Ruhe, in Germany, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(F) 1942-03-20 -- † 1951-04-01 Malaya EEP id: 4201

Origin

Puncha was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Records about Puncha from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Puncha:

3003 F ???? WILD WILD ASIA ???? NONE Birth PUNCHA
L RUHE ~ 1939 NONE Transfer
HANNOVER ~ 1940 VII37 Loan to
L RUHE ~ 1943 NONE ltf Transfer

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Puncha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Firma Ruhe in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1407. (archived at the Wayback machine)