ChamberÃº (Chameroun, Cincpachyderm)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez (Morelia zoo) in Mexico

Biography

♂ ChamberÃº (Chameroun, Cincpachyderm)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 63 years old
Management:	Unknown
Origin
Born:	* 1962
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez (Morelia zoo), in Mexico

Date of arrival

1973-04-16	Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez (Morelia zoo) from Los Angeles Zoo

1972-01-00	Los Angeles Zoo from John S. McCain Jr.

1971-09-00	John S. McCain Jr. from Lon Nol

1970-03-00	Lon Nol from Viet Cong elephant camp (NLF)

Record history
History of updates	2016-02-04

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

Biography

ChamberÃº (Chameroun, Cincpachyderm) is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez (Morelia zoo), in Mexico.

ChamberÃº (Chameroun, Cincpachyderm) arrived in 1973-04-16 to the Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez (Morelia zoo), relocated from the Los Angeles Zoo, in United States.

Social

ChamberÃº (Chameroun, Cincpachyderm) lives together with 1 other elephants at the Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez (Morelia zoo): (detailed list)

♀ Chamberú

Origin

ChamberÃº (Chameroun, Cincpachyderm) was born 1962.

Comments / pictures

Chamroeun means progress in the Khmer language

1972: "Lon Nol's gratitude towards McCain continued, including the gift of an elephant (soon named "Cincpachyderm") too large to transport on McCain's DC-6" (Wikipedia)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). ChamberÃº (Chameroun, Cincpachyderm), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez (Morelia zoo) in Mexico. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16522. (archived at the Wayback machine)