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

Biography

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

Date of arrival

2003-09-21	Copenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Identification

EEP nr	8603

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

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

Latest document update	2020-10-18 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

Origin

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

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

Comments / pictures

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

Reference list

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)

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

Litterature about Copenhagen Zoo

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