Little Male (wild)
African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) at
Amboseli National Park in Kenya

Biography

☨ ♂ Little Male (wild)

Identification

AERP family id	EB family

Description
Species:	African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ maybe about 49 years old (estimated age)
Characteristics:	smooth ears and slightly splayed, upcurved tusks

People killed:	1: a farmer
Origin
Born:	* 1968? wild
Birth place:

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Emily (wild)
Death
Dead:	†2017-10-00
Death reason:	killed: shot
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Amboseli National Park, in Kenya

Date of arrival

	Amboseli National Park
Record history
History of updates	2022-03-13

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Little Male (wild) is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 2017-10-00 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as shot.

Origin

Little Male (wild) was born wild 1968?.

Parentage

Parents of Little Male (wild) are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Emily (wild) (mother).

Siblings through the mother Emily (wild):

1972(F) Eudora (wild)
1976 - † 1976-09-00 (unknown) noname (wild, dead)
1980(M) Emo (wild)
1983-10-00 - † 1984 (F) noname (wild, dead)
1989-03-00(M) Edo (wild)

Pedigree

**Little Male (wild)s ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Little Male (wild)	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Emily (wild) Born: ~1950	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: noname (wild, mother of Echo, Emily and Ella) Born:	Sire mmf:
			Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

1968: "At that time her oldest calf was a son called “Little Male”, supposedly born in 1968."

1983: "By 1983 Little Male was spending less than 20% of his time with the family and thus
by our definition he was considered independent."

2017: Shot and killed by the authorities because it was suspected he had killed a farmer.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Little Male (wild), African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) located at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16820. (archived at the Wayback machine)