Sumatra
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland

Biography

☨ ♀ Sumatra

Identification

EEP nr	6402

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 52 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1963 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2015-06-00
Death reason:	disease: Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), kidney failure
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland

Date of arrival

	Knies Kinderzoo from Circus Knie

Record history
History of updates	2021-12-23

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Sumatra is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2015-06-00 at Knies Kinderzoo, in Switzerland, . Official death reason described as Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), kidney failure.

Origin

Sumatra was born wild 1963.

Comments / pictures

Captured in Sumatra?

Checkup: arrival, EEG states 1966 - birth EEG: 1962?

2015: Autopsy showed marks from Tuberculosis

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Sumatra, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Knies Kinderzoo in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1637. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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