Coco
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Coco  dead elephant
Museum locations
Present / last location:Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

2003-09-21Copenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Identification

EEP nr8603

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 17 years old
Origin
Born:* 1986-01-22 captive-born
Birth place: in Copenhagen Zoo

Parents: Chieng Mai x ♀ Buag Hah
Death
Dead: 2003-09-21
Death reason: disease: sepsis, infection, stomach problems
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1997-02-17
(dead 1997-06-19)
Hannibal
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

1986-01-21Copenhagen Zoo
Record history
History of updates2009-01-26: Text
2009-03-07: death reason

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Coco is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2003-09-21 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as sepsis, infection, stomach problems.

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Copenhagen Zoo, in Frederiksberg, Denmark, since 2003-09-21.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (M) 1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 Hannibal


Origin

Coco was born captive-born 1986-01-22 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Coco are: ♂ Chieng Mai (father) and ♀ Buag Hah (mother).

Siblings through the father Chieng Mai:

  1. 1970-09-18 -- † 2023-09-25 (F) Irma
  2. 1975-12-15(F) Schottzie
  3. 1980-03-31 -- † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia
  4. 1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang
  5. 1983-03-18 -- † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon
  6. 1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 (F) noname
  7. 1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh
  8. 1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 (M) Hannibal
  9. 2001-12-02 -- † 2003-10-06 (M) Punjab
  10. 2006-03-20(M) Gandhi
  11. 2013-02-25 -- † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok
  12. 2013-08-26 -- † 2013-08-26 (F) stillborn
  13. 2015-09-04 -- † 2015-09-04 (M) stillborn
  14. 2017-05-17 -- † 2022-08-26 (M) Sak

Siblings through the mother Buag Hah:

  1. 1970-09-18 - † 2023-09-25 (F) Irma
  2. 1975-12-15(F) Schottzie
  3. 1980-03-31 - † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia
  4. 1983-03-18 - † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon

Pedigree


Cocos ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Coco

Sire (f):
Chieng Mai

Born: 1959
2025-06

Sire ff:


Born:
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Sire fff:
Dame ffm:
Dame fm:


Born:
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Sire fmf:
Dame fmm:

Dame m:
Buag Hah

Born: 1958
2025-06

Sire mf:


Born:
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Sire mff:
Dame mfm:
Dame mm:


Born:
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Sire mmf:
Dame mmm:


Comments / pictures

Coco was nine when she was bred by her father, resulting in the birth of Hannibal.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Coco, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=141. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
  • Documentation 2002 - Elephants in European Zoos and Safari Parks published by European Elephant Group: Haufellner, Schilfarth, Schweiger

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