Lizzie (Empress)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Philadelphia Zoo in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Lizzie (Empress)

Identification

SSP nr	432

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 42 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1898 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1940-06-24
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Philadelphia Zoo, in United States

Date of arrival

1902-05-15	Philadelphia Zoo from Firma Carl Hagenbeck

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-03: text, picture

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

† Lizzie (Empress) is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1940-06-24 at Philadelphia Zoo, in United States, .

Origin

Lizzie (Empress) was born wild 1898.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lizzie (Empress), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Philadelphia Zoo in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1431. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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