Gus an African savanna elephant at Wuppertal Zoo

♂ Gus
Species:African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 2 years old
Id numberEEP Number: 201901
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2019-04-20 captive-born
Birth place: in Wuppertal Zoo
Parents: ♂ Tusker x ♀ Sabie
Locations
Present / last location:Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany
Date of Arrival
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2019-04-20Wuppertal Zoo
Document updated2008-09-30
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Description

Location

Gus is a Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), living in Wuppertal Zoo, in Germany.

Gus arrived in Wuppertal Zoo 2019-04-20,

In Wuppertal Zoo, Gus lives together with 7 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Kimana born 2020-04-20
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Sabie born 1992
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Sweni born 1993
    4. ,
  4. ♀ Tika born 2007-07-13
    5. ,
  5. ♂ Tooth born 1992
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Tsavo born 2020-03-06
    7. ,
  7. ♀ Tuffi born 2016-03-17
    8. , (see detailed list).

Origin

Gus was born captive-born 2019-04-20 at Wuppertal Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Gus are: ♂ Tusker (father) and ♀ Sabie (mother).

Siblings through the father Tusker:

  1. 2005-06-03(F) Bongi
  2. 2005-10-09(M) Kibo
  3. 2007-07-13(F) Tika
  4. 2008-01-13(M) Tamo
  5. 2010-08-06(M) Tuluba
  6. 2011-01-16(M) Uli
  7. 2011-01-20(M) Shawu
  8. 2012 -- † 2012 (F) stillborn
  9. 2013-05-13(M) Moyo
  10. 2013-08-11?(F) Pina Nessie
  11. 2014-08-14(M) Jogi
  12. 2016-03-17(F) Tuffi
  13. 2017-12-00 -- † 2017-12-00 (unknown) noname
  14. 2020-03-06(F) Tsavo

Siblings through the mother Sabie:

  1. 2007-07-13(F) Tika
  2. 2011-01-16(M) Uli
  3. 2013-05-13(M) Moyo
  4. 2016-03-17(F) Tuffi

Pedigree

Guss pedigree:
P I II III

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Tusker

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Sabie

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Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Gus, an African savanna at Wuppertal Zoo in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16862. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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    This document was updated: 2020-04-26 17:44:06


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