Bankong
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Vienna Zoo in Austria

Biography

☨ ♀ Bankong

Identification

EEP nr	903

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 21 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1890 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1911-07-30
Death reason:	unknown:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1910-05-31 (dead † 1910-05-31)	♀ stillborn EEP id: 1001
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Vienna Zoo, in Austria

Date of arrival

1900-00-00	Vienna Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-18:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Bankong is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1911-07-30 at Vienna Zoo, in Austria, .

Offspring

Total: 1 babies

(F) 1910-05-31 -- † 1910-05-31 stillborn EEP id: 1001

Origin

Bankong was born wild 1890.

Comments / pictures

When she died she was in 11:th month Pregnancy.

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

903 F ~ 1890 WILD WILD WILD ~ 1899 NONE Capture BANKONG
VIENNA ~ 1900 NONE Transfer
30 Jul 1911 Death

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bankong, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Vienna Zoo in Austria. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1542. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling

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List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
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More elephants that was born: 1890
More elephants that died: 1911-07-30
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