Taru an Asian elephant at Szeged Zoo

♂ Taru
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Alternative name:	Silvester

Identification

EEP nr	201317

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 8 years old
Dentition:	tusker
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2013-12-31 captive-born
Birth place:	in Hannover Zoo
Birth weight	120.00 kgs, 264.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ Nikolai x ♀ Manari
Locations
Present / last location:	Szeged Zoo, in Hungary

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2018-05-16	Szeged Zoo from Hannover Zoo

Document updated	2014-01-25:ï¿½birth 2014-01-27:ï¿½corrected birth date 2016-01-04:Â alt name, eep nr 2017-03-25: link to EleWiki submitted 2018-05-18: relocated Szeged
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Description

Location

Taru is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Szeged Zoo, in Hungary.

Taru arrived Szeged Zoo 2018-05-16, relocated from Hannover Zoo, in Germany.

In Szeged Zoo, Taru lives together with 2 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♂ Felix born 2010-07-25
♂ Shah Rukh born 2008-11-21

detailed list

Origin

Taru was born captive-born 2013-12-31 at Hannover Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Taru are: ♂ Nikolai (father) and ♀ Manari (mother).

Siblings through the father Nikolai:

2009-01-10 -- † 2009-01-11 (M) noname
2010-05-07(F) Saphira
2010-05-11(M) Nuka
2010-07-25(M) Felix
2010-08-06(M) Dinkar
2010-12-09(F) Soraya
2011-06-18 -- † 2015-12-08 (F) Mumba
2012-12-24(F) Amithi
2013-03-13(F) Maly (Malay)
2013-10-27(F) Sitara
2014-03-17(F) Yumi
2015-05-20(F) Nang Faa
2016-12-22(M) Thambi
2016-12-23(F) Jenny
2017-01-19(F) Meena
2017-05-05(M) Ravi
2020-05-04(M) Vinh

Siblings through the mother Manari:

2003-02-02(F) Califa
2010-08-06(M) Dinkar
2017-01-19(F) Meena

Pedigree

**Tarus pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Taru	Sire: Nikolai	Sire: Tusko (Sobik)	Sire:
		Sire: Tusko (Sobik)	Dame:
		Dame: Kitty (Mookee)	Sire:
		Dame: Kitty (Mookee)	Dame:
	Dame: Manari	Sire:	Sire:
		Sire:	Dame:
		Dame:	Sire:
		Dame:	Dame:

Comments / pictures

Birth-height: 0.98 meter.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Taru, an Asian elephant at Szeged Zoo in Hungary. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 May 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16325. (archived at the Wayback machine)