Java
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Lyon Zoo in France

Biography

☨ ♀ Java


Identification

EEP nr	6403

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 67 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1945 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2012-08-14
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Lyon Zoo, in France

Date of arrival

1964-04-15	Lyon Zoo from Circus Amar

Record history
History of updates	2012-08-19: dead 2012-08-21: death date

Latest document update	2025-04-21 14:13:02

† Java is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2012-08-14 at Lyon Zoo, in France, .

Origin

Java was born wild 1945.

Comments / pictures

Unconfirmed death date.

Java was for some years the oldest living elephant in Europe.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Java, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Lyon Zoo in France. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 13 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1602. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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