Lota
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States

Biography

☨ ♀ Lota

Identification

SSP nr	162

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 53 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1952 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2005-02-10
Death reason:	disease: Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States

Date of arrival

2004-11-17	Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) from Hawthorn Corporation

1990-11-27	Hawthorn Corporation from Milwaukee County Zoo

1954-05-22	Milwaukee County Zoo from Nehru Zoological Park

Record history
History of updates	2021-06-23

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Lota is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2005-02-10 at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES), in United States, . Official death reason described as Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

Origin

Lota was born wild 1952.

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Lota, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary (TES) in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1466. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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